Read Edit View history 秀 xiù HSK4 elegant, excellent Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a grain seedling (禾) pulled out (引) of the ground. The meaning later expanded to "bloom", "blossom", "elegant", and "excellent". Pinyin Separate values with commas xiù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 秀 Simp strokes 秀 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like 乃. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 秀 Simp strokes 秀 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 秀 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 644, 769 ], [ 579, 789 ], [ 462, 740 ], [ 304, 701 ] ], [ [ 206, 584 ], [ 261, 578 ], [ 388, 602 ], [ 697, 643 ], [ 739, 641 ], [ 792, 627 ] ], [ [ 468, 716 ], [ 509, 691 ], [ 499, 454 ], [ 505, 413 ] ], [ [ 471, 589 ], [ 427, 526 ], [ 336, 445 ], [ 266, 402 ], [ 198, 367 ], [ 169, 359 ] ], [ [ 533, 594 ], [ 543, 577 ], [ 681, 468 ], [ 763, 420 ], [ 933, 401 ] ], [ [ 276, 337 ], [ 326, 326 ], [ 573, 383 ], [ 602, 382 ], [ 613, 374 ], [ 606, 337 ], [ 566, 247 ], [ 566, 227 ], [ 604, 224 ], [ 657, 236 ], [ 693, 228 ], [ 716, 197 ], [ 693, 103 ], [ 666, 30 ], [ 639, 1 ], [ 620, -9 ], [ 544, 59 ], [ 526, 68 ] ], [ [ 413, 324 ], [ 437, 298 ], [ 438, 284 ], [ 360, 121 ], [ 289, 34 ], [ 238, -8 ], [ 213, -21 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 510 731 Q 565 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534 641 Q 535 662 549 689 Q 555 698 544 711 Q 528 724 510 731 C 483 743 449 746 461 719 Q 476 691 478 632 L 479 556 Q 479 489 474 460 Q 473 450 489 410 Q 499 395 513 403 Q 526 415 523 492 Q 523 537 525 578 L 534 641 Z", "M 447 592 Q 420 538 321 461 Q 227 400 167 366 Q 149 356 164 354 Q 174 350 211 362 Q 263 374 313 404 Q 416 473 474 549 Q 475 553 479 556 C 512 601 469 631 447 592 Z", "M 525 578 Q 717 383 762 375 Q 852 375 920 392 Q 938 395 939 400 Q 940 407 926 411 Q 725 477 723 479 Q 626 536 537 602 C 513 620 502 601 525 578 Z", "M 445 335 Q 503 351 551 359 Q 572 363 577 356 Q 583 349 575 332 Q 553 262 525 234 Q 515 227 518 213 Q 522 192 534 185 Q 546 179 558 188 Q 601 213 643 218 Q 665 221 670 212 Q 679 199 676 174 Q 669 110 645 59 Q 638 41 623 35 Q 611 35 536 73 Q 509 89 528 57 Q 565 2 590 -45 Q 605 -66 625 -56 Q 679 -29 704 40 Q 737 163 757 186 Q 773 202 763 215 Q 750 228 709 251 Q 687 261 664 253 Q 616 240 604 240 Q 583 241 596 268 Q 629 332 656 353 Q 683 368 676 380 Q 672 392 619 414 Q 601 423 584 413 Q 518 377 280 344 Q 270 344 268 338 Q 265 331 293 313 Q 320 294 348 308 Q 378 318 406 325 L 445 335 Z", "M 406 325 Q 415 307 362 179 Q 359 178 359 174 Q 311 74 214 -9 Q 207 -13 204 -19 Q 198 -29 209 -29 Q 245 -32 327 42 Q 328 45 332 47 Q 398 119 458 249 Q 462 259 469 267 Q 482 277 479 293 Q 469 314 445 335 C 423 356 404 355 406 325 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.