秀 — Chinese character
秀
xiù
elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
- Pinyin
- xiù
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 禾 乃
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flower; meaning component 禾
- Japanese
- 秀 as a kanji
Common words with 秀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优秀 (優秀) | yōu xiù | outstanding; excellent |
| 真人秀 | zhēn rén xiù | (TV) reality show |
| 秀才 | xiù cai | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar |
| 脱口秀 (脫口秀) | tuō kǒu xiù | (loanword) talk show; stand-up comedy |
| 选秀 (選秀) | xuǎn xiù | to select talented individuals; (sports) draft |
| 新秀 | xīn xiù | rising star; new talent |
| 秀丽 (秀麗) | xiù lì | pretty; beautiful |
| 首秀 | shǒu xiù | debut |
| 走秀 | zǒu xiù | a fashion show; to walk the runway (in a fashion show) |
| 秀美 | xiù měi | elegant; graceful |
| 作秀 | zuò xiù | to show off (loanword, from English "show"); to grandstand |
| 清秀 | qīng xiù | delicate and pretty |
English words written with 秀
秀 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.