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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- xiu1
- English meanings
- embellish, decorate, repair, mend, overhaul, build, construct, trim, prune
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 攸; bottom 彡.
Meaning & sound clues
彡 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hair”.
攸 is identified as the sound component (yōu). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 修.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
rest; stop
smell; sniff
rotten; decayed
elegant; show
embroidery
shy; ashamed; shame
sleeve
to corrode
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 保修
- 修养
- 修复
- 修建
- 修改
- 修正
- 修理
- 修补
- 修订
- 修路
- 修车
- 修长
- 必修
- 维修
- 装修
- 进修
- 选修