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秀 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「禾」

道
4Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「禾」
On
シュウしゅう · shū
Kun
ひい.でるhii.deru
Meaning
excel; be outstanding

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

禾 "grain" with 乃: an ear of grain standing tall — to excel, to be outstanding.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシュウしゅうshū秀逸しゅういつ秀才しゅうさい優秀ゆうしゅう
Kunひいでるhiideru秀でるひいでる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 優秀ゆうしゅう

    excellence; outstanding

  • 秀作しゅうさく

    an excellent work

More words with this kanji

  • 閨秀けいしゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼女(かのじょ)は優秀(ゆうしゅう)な研究(けんきゅう)者(しゃ)だ。

She is an outstanding researcher.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

秀作優秀秀作to mak…優gentle称name稲rice…稿draft禾grain…私I舟boat執take…襲attack什utensi…収to tak…
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Compound

Map of radical 禾Map of reading シュウAll maps

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