Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 秀

秀

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Meaning

 outstanding, excellent, handsome, graceful

Pronunciation

 xiù

Explanation

 Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view)

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

秀 outstanding, excellent
禾 grain(plant 木 of the grain with one spike ノ)
乃 therefore(Shows a pregnancy belly in a side view, cf. pregnancy 孕 (yùn), where a child 子 comes out of that belly 乃.)
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Vocabulary

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

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