Chinese Character 秀 Meanings and components.

Form

秀

Meaning

秀 meaning[3] in English

Handsome.

Refined.

Elegant.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 秀 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cereal (禾) , and to be (乃)

Its radical[1] is: 禾 (he2) which means: Cereal, Grain, .禾he2cereal

In cangjie it is written with HDNHS

How to write 秀

To write秀xiu4handsome you should write a combination of 禾he2cereal , 乃nai3to be arranged in a 吕 shape:

禾 + 乃 = 秀

秀 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 秀 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 秀, looks as follow:

秀
Pinyin:xiu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Handsome . Refined . Elegant . Graceful . Superior . Show (Loanword) . Cl:場|场[Chang2] . (Literary) To Grow . To Bloom . (Of Crops) To Produce Ears
禾
Pinyin:he2
Meaning[3]: Cereal . Grain
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
乃
Pinyin:nai3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Be . Thus . So . Therefore . Then . Only . Thereupon

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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