秀U+79C07 STROKES
Entry·pron. xiù
ㄒㄧㄡˋ
“Elegant; refined; graceful; beautiful; excellent; superior; to grow; to bloom; to produce ears of grain; to show; to perform.”
AI-written definition, grounded in Unihan and Moedict. How this works
Taiwan rank
#1,028
Radical
禾grain
§
Words containing this character
Common words in our dictionary built on this character
- 優秀ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄡˋoutstanding; excellent; exceptionally good; superior in ability or quality; top-performing
- 洪秀柱ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄨˋHung Hsiu-chu (born 1948), a Taiwanese politician affiliated with the Kuomintang (KMT).
- 秀吉ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˊgiven name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a famous Japanese historical figure; also a common Japanese personal name
- 選秀ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋto select talented individuals; (sports) draft; (Taiwan) talent show or audition program
- 新秀ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄡˋrising star; new talent; a recently emerged outstanding person
- 光秀ㄍㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄡˋpersonal name; notably Akechi Mitsuhide, a Japanese samurai general who betrayed Oda Nobunaga in 1582.
- 秀出ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨto stand out as elegant or outstanding; to be remarkably beautiful or distinguished
- 走秀ㄗㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋto walk a fashion runway; a fashion show; a model's runway walk
- 秀才ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊa talented or gifted scholar; a person of outstanding literary ability; in imperial China, a candidate who passed the county-level civil service examination
- 大秀ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋa major show or performance; a big public display; a grand presentation
- 呂秀蓮ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊLu Hsiu-lien; Taiwanese politician; former vice president of the Republic of China (Taiwan); prominent figure in Taiwan's democracy and women's rights movements.
- 秀麗ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋ
§
Related characters
Browse by shared structure or curriculum