The Japanese Radical: 秀


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Meaning
excellent    秀

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 1Joyo 7
excellent, excel, superiority
hideru, SHŪ
Top: rice plant , bottom: pregnancy belly (cf.: to be pregnant: 孕む (はら-む)
Rice as big as a pregnancy belly / womb: excellent!  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
transparent, permeate, clear, translucent
suku/kasu/keru,
Left: movement , right: excellent (= A rice plant plump like a 'pregnancy belly' is excellent.)
(The praise because he cleaned the windows for the first time in 10 years:) Excellent, this movement, and it became transparent again.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
invite, ask, induce, tempt, lead
sasou,
Left: word , right: excellent (= A rice plant plump like a 'pregnancy belly' is excellent.)
Words with excellence are inviting.  

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