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修
脩
xiū
1. dried meat
2. private teacher's remuneration
3. withered
4. variant of [[修<xiū>]]
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

修
xiū
to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

下修
xiàxiū
to revise downward
主修
zhǔxiū
to major in
保修
bǎoxiū
to promise to keep sth in good repair
修剪
xiūjiǎn
to prune
修图
xiūtú
to retouch images
修士
xiūshì
member of religious order
修女
xiūnǚ
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
修好
xiūhǎo
to repair
修建
xiūjiàn
to build
HSK 6
修复
xiūfù
to restore
HSK 6
修手
xiūshǒu
manicure
修撰
xiūzhuàn
to compile
修改
xiūgǎi
to amend
HSK 5
修整
xiūzhěng
to spruce up
修文
XiūWén
Xiuwen county in Guiyang [[貴陽|贵阳<Guìyáng>]], Guizhou
修会
xiūhuì
religious order
修业
xiūyè
to study at school
修正
xiūzhèng
to revise
修武
Xiūwǔ
Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo [[焦作<Jiāozuò>]], Henan
修水
Xiūshuǐ
Xiushui county in Jiujiang [[九江]], Jiangxi

Alternate Entries

修
Xiū
surname Xiu
修
xiū
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
739
Word Frequency Rank
1,089 of 84,292