xiù

to embroider; embroidery

silk (纟) + elegance (秀) = to embroider

The silk radical anchors the meaning: embroidery is the craft of working thread into art. 秀 mainly gives the sound xiù; its sense of elegance is a happy bonus, since fine embroidery is nothing if not refined.

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ExcellencePhonetic
Silk threadSemantic

她在白布上了一朵花。

tā zài bái bù shàng xiù le yī duǒ huā。

She embroidered a flower on the white cloth.

奶奶花了很多天完这幅图案。

nǎi nai huā le hěn duō tiān xiù wán zhè fú tú àn。

Grandma spent many days finishing embroidering this pattern.

Words with 绣

锦心绣口

jǐn xīn xiù kǒu

(of writing) elegant and ornate

锦绣

jǐn xiù

beautiful

锦绣前程

jǐn xiù qián chéng

bright future

低地绣眼鸟

dī dì xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)

刺绣品

cì xiù pǐn

embroidery

刺绣

cì xiù

to embroider

十字绣

shí zì xiù

cross-stitch

抛绣球

pāo xiù qiú

throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)

日本绣眼鸟

rì běn xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

暗绿绣眼鸟

àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)

湘绣

xiāng xiù

Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

灰腹绣眼鸟

huī fù xiù yǎn niǎo

(bird species of China) Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)

More characters with 纟

绿