The Chinese Radical: 秀


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Meaning
excellent, outstanding    秀

Explanation A rice plant 禾 as plump as a pregnant belly 乃 is excellent. (乃 is considered a pregnancy belly because it is used in pregnent 怀孕 [huái yùn] where a child comes out of it).

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
outstanding, excellent, handsome, graceful
xiù
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view)
Rice plants as big as a pregnancy belly are: outstanding!  
JLPT HSK 5
to penetrate, to pass through, soak, thoroughly
tòu
Left: movement 辶, right: excellent 秀 (Grain plants 禾 big as a plump pregnancy belly 乃: excellent!)
This movement was excellent and penetrating.  
JLPT HSK 6
to embroider, embroidery
xiù
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: outstanding 秀 (Grain plants 禾 as big as a pregnancy belly 乃 are: outstanding!)
Threads are outstanding in: an embroidery.  
JLPT HSK 6
to entice, lure, attract, induce, tempt
yòu
Left: word 讠/言, right: outstanding 秀 (Grain plants 禾 as big as a pregnancy belly 乃 are: outstanding!) [cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃]
With words that are outstanding, you can: entice.  
JLPT HSK 6
to corrode, to rust
xiù
Left: metal 钅/金, right: outstanding 秀 (Rice plants 禾 as big as a pregnancy belly 乃 are: outstanding!)
Metal is outstanding, but it corrodes.  

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