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秀

xiù

xiù · sau3 (Jyutping)

  1. (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
  2. (bound form) superior; excellent
  3. (loanword) show (as in 時裝秀|时装秀[shi2 zhuang1 xiu4])
  4. (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀廚藝|秀厨艺[xiu4 chu2 yi4])
  5. (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

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Character breakdown

秀

Meaning
ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful
Radical
禾
Strokes
7
Components
⿱禾乃
Cangjie
HDNHS
Four-corner
2022.7

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