秀 (xiù): meaning and stroke order
秀 (xiù) means (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful, (bound form) superior; excellent.
秀
- Simplified
- 秀
- Traditional
- 秀 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xiù
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Stroke order of 秀
秀
- xiù (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent
- 7 strokes
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Meaning of 秀
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xiù
- (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
- (bound form) superior; excellent
- (loanword) show
- (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
Radical and structure
- 秀
- Radical 禾 (Kangxi radical 115) · 7 strokes · 禾 on top, 乃 below
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 秀
- 秀气 xiù qi delicate; graceful
- 优秀 yōu xiù outstanding; excellent
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).