xiù

embroider

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

秀 sound component

  Sound component

xiù

  

elegant, excellent

Evolution

绣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
绣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
绣 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
绣 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xiù

embroider; embroidery; ornament; to embroider

() 

xiù

variant of |[xiù]

Most common words with 绣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to embroider

刺绣

to embroider

绣花

to embroider

锦绣

beautiful

锦绣前程

bright future