xiū

variant of 修[xiu1]

flowing strokes (攸) + embellishment (彡) = to repair and refine

彡 depicts brush strokes or decorative lines, evoking refinement and adornment. 攸 mainly carries the sound xiū; the meaning of careful, stroke-by-stroke improvement comes from 彡.

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Decorative strokesSemantic
A flowingPhonetic

这辆自行车坏了,我需要找人来

zhè liàng zì xíng chē huài le,wǒ xū yào zhǎo rén lái xiū。

This bicycle is broken; I need to find someone to fix it.

房子的屋顶漏水了,他花了很多钱才好。

fáng zi de wū dǐng lòu shuǐ le,tā huā le hěn duō qián cái xiū hǎo。

The roof of the house was leaking, and he spent a lot of money to finally get it repaired.

Words with 修

进修

jìn xiū

to undertake advanced studies

选修

xuǎn xiū

(at a school) to take as an elective

选修课

xuǎn xiū kè

optional course (in school)

郇山隐修会

xún shān yǐn xiū huì

Priory of Zion (fictional masonic order)

重修

chóng xiū

to reconstruct

重修旧好

chóng xiū jiù hǎo

to make friends again

重新装修

chóng xīn zhuāng xiū

refurbishment; renovation

双主修

shuāng zhǔ xiū

(education) double major

阿修罗

ā xiū luó

Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology

隐修

yǐn xiū

monasticism

隐修士

yǐn xiū shì

monk (Christian)

隐修院

yǐn xiū yuàn

monastery (Christian)

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