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秀

xiù

elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant

🔤 Pictophonetic: flower
HSK 4 7 strokes Common (11%)
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Component Breakdown

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禾
hé
cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
乃
nǎi
then; really, indeed, after all
⿱禾乃 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

hé
禾
cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
📷 Pictographic: A plant stalk with a sagging head
5 strokes
nǎi
乃
then; really, indeed, after all
💡 Ideographic: A pregnant woman; compare 孕
2 strokes

Words Using 秀 (79)

yōuxiù
优秀 ↗
HSK 4
outstanding / excellent
xiù
秀 ↗
handsome / refined / elegant / graceful / performance / ear of grain / show (loanword) / CL:[[場|场<cháng>]]
zuòxiù
作秀 ↗
to show off (loanword, from English "show") / to grandstand / to perform in a stage show
qīngxiù
清秀 ↗
delicate and pretty
hòuqǐzhīxiù
后起之秀 ↗
an up-and coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation
xīnxiù
心秀 ↗
not manifesting one's inner quality
jùnxiù
俊秀 ↗
well-favored / elegant / pretty
YángXiùqīng
杨秀清 ↗
Yang Xiuqing (1821-1856), organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion
YángShēnxiù
杨深秀 ↗
Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs [[戊戌六君子<WùxūLiùjūnzi>]] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
cáiyìxiù
才艺秀 ↗
talent show
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