Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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 excellent
禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe grain of rice has this radical: 米.
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.
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 Vocabulary

俊秀 しゅんしゅう  genius
優秀 ゆうしゅう  superiority, excellence

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