Chinese symbol for “dried”
脩
xiū
dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times); dried; withered
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dried is 脩 (xiū), defined as: dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times); dried; withered.
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Related words
Other words that share a character with 脩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 束脩 | shù xiū | (literary) salary of a private tutor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dried”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.