Memory phrase for the character: 秀

秀

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Meaning

excellent, excel, superiority

Pronunciation

SHŪ
hideru

Explanation

 Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: pregnancy belly 乃 (cf.: to be pregnant: 孕む (はら-む)

Mnemonic
 
Rice as big as a pregnancy belly / womb: excellent!

Radicals

秀 excellentA rice plant 禾 as plump as a pregnant belly 乃 is excellent. (乃 is considered a pregnancy belly because it is used in 'pregant' 孕む [はら~む] where a child comes out of it).
禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The rice-grain has this radical: 米 and the ripe rice plant is this combination: 釆.
乃 pregnancy bellyThe meaning of this radical is based on 孕む (はら~む), which means: "to become pregnant". It is read such that the child 子 comes out of the womb 乃.




 Vocabulary

秀でる ひいでる  to excel; to surpass; to be better
俊秀 しゅんしゅう  genius
優秀 ゆうしゅう  superiority, excellence
秀作 しゅうさく  excellent (piece of) work

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