Memory phrase for the character: 秀

秀

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Meaning

outstanding, excellent, handsome, graceful

Pronunciation

xiù

Explanation

 Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly - cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)

Mnemonic
 
Rice plants as big as a pregnancy belly are: outstanding!

Radicals

秀 excellent, outstandingA rice plant 禾 as plump as a pregnant belly 乃 is excellent. (乃 is considered a pregnancy belly because it is used in pregnant 怀孕 [huái yùn] where a child comes out of it).
禾 grainGrain plant 木 with a spike ノ of grain
乃 thereforeShows a pregnancy belly in a side view - The interpretation of this radical is based on 孕 (yùn), which means: "pregnancy". It is read as a child 子 coming out of the womb 乃.




 Vocabulary

优秀 yōu xiù  outstanding; excellent
杨秀清 Yáng Xiù qīng  Yang Xiuqing
娟秀 juān xiù  beautiful; graceful
娟秀 juān xiù  
娟秀 juān xiù  

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