修 (xiū): meaning and stroke order
修 (xiū) means to decorate, to embellish, to repair, to build, to write, to cultivate, to study.
修
- Simplified
- 修
- Traditional
- 修, 脩
- Pinyin
- xiū
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Stroke order of 修
修
- Xiū surname Xiu
- xiū to decorate; to embellish
- xiū variant of 修[xiu1]
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 脩
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Meaning of 修
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xiū
- to decorate
- to embellish
- to repair
- to build
- to write
- to cultivate
- to study
- to take (a class)
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Xiū
- surname Xiu
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xiū
Traditional 脩
- variant of 修[xiu1]
Radical and structure
- 修
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 10 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 修
- 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with
- 修复 xiū fù to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc)
- 修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to fix
- 修补 xiū bǔ to mend
- 修剪 xiū jiǎn to prune; to trim
- 修炼 xiū liàn (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
修 in our stories
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修电脑的师傅说，硬盘坏了，里面的东西可能找不回来了。
xiū diànnǎo de shīfu shuō yìngpán huài le lǐmiàn de dōngxi kěnéng zhǎo bù huílai le
The repairman said the hard drive had failed and its contents might be gone for good.
From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
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实习记者柯雨桐接到了第一个任务：为报纸的“城市记忆”栏目，采访一位在街角修了五十年鞋的老人。
shíxí jìzhě Kē Yǔtóng jiēdào le dì-yī gè rènwu wèi bàozhǐ de chéngshì jìyì lánmù cǎifǎng yí wèi zài jiējiǎo xiū le wǔshí nián xié de lǎorén
Trainee reporter Ke Yutong got her first assignment: for the paper's "City Memories" column, interview an old man who had mended shoes on a street corner for fifty years.
From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6
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柏青一页一页地修补，修到第三十七页时，发现这一页比别的纸厚一点儿，而且背面格外光滑。
Bǎi Qīng yí yè yí yè de xiūbǔ xiū dào dì-sānshíqī yè shí fāxiàn zhè yí yè bǐ biéde zhǐ hòu yìdiǎnr érqiě bèimiàn géwài guānghuá
Bai Qing repaired it page by page. At page thirty-seven she noticed the sheet was slightly thicker than the others, and unusually smooth on the back.
From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 修
- Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
- Old Du on the corner HSK 6
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).