Keyword
to embroider
- embroidery
- ornament
- Frequency
- #2708
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
xiù
Mnemonic
纟 (silk) gives the meaning and 秀 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
绣
to embroider; embroidery
刺绣
to embroider; embroidery
锦绣
beautiful
绣花
to embroider; to do embroidery
湘绣
Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 苏绣 (Sūxiù), 粤绣 (Yuèxiù) and 蜀绣 (Shǔxiù))
花拳绣腿
flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom); highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic wankery
苏绣
Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘绣 (Xiāngxiù), 粤绣 (Yuèxiù) and 蜀绣 (Shǔxiù))
蜀绣
Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 苏绣 (Sūxiù), 湘绣 (Xiāngxiù) and 粤绣 (Yuèxiù))
绣花鞋
embroidered shoes
绣球花
hydrangea
十字绣
cross-stitch
锦绣前程
bright future; bright prospects
绣像
character illustrations in classical Chinese novels
抛绣球
throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); (fig.) to make overtures; to court
粤绣
Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 苏绣 (Sūxiù), 湘绣 (Xiāngxiù) and 蜀绣 (Shǔxiù))
刺绣品
embroidery