Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
excel, excellence, beauty, surpass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
848 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • sobresaliente
  • excelente
  • sobresalir
  • sobrepasar

Portuguese

  • superar
  • excelência
  • beleza
  • superação

French

  • excellence
  • exceller
  • beauté
  • dépasser
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)
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

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
summit, peak
Kun:
みね
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1836 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 峰頭 【ホウトウ】 summit of a peak
  • 未踏峰 【ミトウホウ】 unclimbed mountain
  • 高峰 【コウホウ】 high mountain, lofty peak

Kun reading compounds

  • 峰 【みね】 peak, summit, ridge, top, back of a blade
  • 峰打ち 【みねうち】 striking with the back of the sword
  • 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
  • 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks
  • 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
  • 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks

Readings

Japanese names:
ぶ、 ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • apogeo
  • cumbre
  • cima
  • pico
  • filo (espada)

Portuguese

  • reunião de cúpula
  • pico

French

  • sommet
  • pointe
  • pic
1799 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1369 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1423 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1272 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1241 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1351 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1350 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1433 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1848 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
544 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
494 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
306 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1576 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8094 Morohashi
411 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1562 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1683 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1327 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
3o7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
2250.4 Four corner code
2775.4 Four corner code
1-42-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf0 Unicode hex code