Dong Chinese dictionary

xiū

decorate, embellish, repair

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

攸 Sound component

yōu

distant

彡 Meaning component

shān

hair

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiū

study; repair; cultivate; to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)

Xiū

surname Xiu

xiū

dried meat; private teacher's remuneration; withered; variant of 修[xiū]

Most common words with 修

Sources