綉
xiù HSK7

embroider

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

绣 xiù embroider Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 秀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繡.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
sī silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

秀
秀 Sound component
xiù elegant, excellent

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode