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

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1524 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 逸脱 【イツダツ】 deviation, departure, omission
  • 逸材 【イツザイ】 outstanding talent, person of exceptional talent, gifted person
  • 捕逸 【ホイツ】 passed ball
  • 秀逸 【シュウイツ】 excellent, superb, first-rate

Kun reading compounds

  • 逸れる 【それる】 to turn away, to bear off, to veer away, to swerve from, to miss (e.g. a target), to deviate (e.g. of a conversation), to digress, to go astray, to wander
  • 逸らす 【そらす】 to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.), to avert, to divert (e.g. one's attention), to evade (e.g. a question), to change (e.g. the subject), to displease, to annoy, to offend, to upset, to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
  • 逸れる 【はぐれる】 to lose sight of (one's companions), to stray from, to miss (one's chance to ...)

Readings

Japanese names:
いっ、 はや、 へん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • desviar
  • eludir
  • dejar pasar
  • excepcional
  • excelente
  • desocupación
  • ociosidad

Portuguese

  • desviar-se
  • indolência
  • lazer
  • perder o ponto
  • escapar
  • evitar
  • desviar um golpe
  • divergir

French

  • dévier
  • oisiveté
  • loisirs
  • rater
  • s'évader
  • échapper à
  • s'écarter
  • parer
  • diverger
1010 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1581 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4708 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1723 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1812 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1504 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
734 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
747 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1748 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
700 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3872 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1990 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2688 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1992 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38951P Morohashi
3120 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6071 New Nelson (John Haig)
1973 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2127 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1490 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2557 2001 Kanji
2q8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
3730.1 Four corner code
1-16-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9038 Unicode hex code