| 1355 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 859 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3263 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 973 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1582 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 726 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1683 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1798 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1171 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1429 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3152 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2202 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 923 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24911 | Morohashi |
| 2545 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 914 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 980 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
848 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 秀 【シュウ】 preeminence, supremacy, distinction, excellence
- 秀作 【シュウサク】 excellent (piece of) work
- 閨秀 【ケイシュウ】 accomplished lady, talented woman, eminent woman
- 清秀 【セイシュウ】 having refined and distinguished features, having a bright face
Kun reading compounds
- 秀でる 【ひいでる】 to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be better (than others at something), to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows), to be prominent, to stand out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しゅ、 しょう、 ひで、 ひでし、 ほ
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- sobresaliente
- excelente
- sobresalir
- sobrepasar
Portuguese
- superar
- excelência
- beleza
- superação
French
- excellence
- exceller
- beauté
- dépasser
| 2245 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-3 | SKIP code |
| 2022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79c0 | Unicode hex code |
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
- On:
- ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 句 【ク】 section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph, phrase, verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry), haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc., maxim, saying, idiom, expression, clause (e.g. in a database query language)
- 区切り 【クギリ】 pause (in speech, writing, etc.), punctuation, break, end, (place to) stop, pause, milestone (e.g. in a project)
- 絶句 【ゼック】 being lost for words, becoming speechless, jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
- 慣用句 【カンヨウク】 idiom, set phrase, idiomatic phrase
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すく
- Korean:
- gu, gwi
Spanish
- frase
- cláusula
- sentencia
- oración
- párrafo
Portuguese
- frase
- cláusula
- sentença
- passagem
- parágrafo
French
- phrase
- clause
- paragraphe
- passage
- compteur de haïku
| 592 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 683 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 655 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 745 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 795 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 337 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 337 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 663 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 315 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3685 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1881 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2561 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 65 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3234 | Morohashi |
| 2967 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 693 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 65 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 69 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 650 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2549 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2762.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53e5 | Unicode hex code |