秀 = 禾 + 乃

秀 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “excel”. It is built from 禾 (grain) and 乃 (from). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 980. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: excel
RTK frame: 980
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ひい.でる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: превосходить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 秀 ear of grain

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 秀

How to find 秀 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “from”. 秀 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 秀 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.