绣 — Chinese character
绣
xiù
to embroider; embroidery; ornament
- Pinyin
- xiù
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 纟 秀
- Formation
- pictophonetic — silk; meaning component 纟; sound component 秀
- Traditional
- 綉 繡
Common words with 绣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺绣 (刺繡) | cì xiù | to embroider; embroidery |
| 锦绣 (錦繡) | jǐn xiù | beautiful |
| 绣花 (繡花) | xiù huā | to embroider; to do embroidery |
| 花拳绣腿 (花拳繡腿) | huā quán xiù tuǐ | flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom); highly embellished and ineffectual |
| 绣花鞋 (繡花鞋) | xiù huā xié | embroidered shoes |
| 绣球花 (繡球花) | xiù qiú huā | hydrangea |
| 十字绣 (十字繡) | shí zì xiù | cross-stitch |
| 锦绣前程 (錦繡前程) | jǐn xiù qián chéng | bright future; bright prospects |
| 绣像 (繡像) | xiù xiàng | character illustrations in classical Chinese novels |
| 抛绣球 (拋繡球) | pāo xiù qiú | throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); (fig.) to make overtures |
| 刺绣品 (刺繡品) | cì xiù pǐn | embroidery |
| 纹绣 (紋繡) | wén xiù | cosmetic tattooing; semi-permanent makeup; micropigmentation; embroidery |
English words written with 绣
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.