Kanji Detail for 秀 - "excel, brilliant, outstanding"

秀

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
秀 means "excel, brilliant, outstanding."
1. To excel - To surpass; to grow; to stand out; to be outstanding.
2. To sprout - For buds to appear; for flowers to bloom.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

excel; excellence; beauty; surpass

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
Onyomi

shu(しゅ)
Kunyomi

hii.deru(ひいでる)
Strokes

7 strokes
Radical

禾 (nogi・nogihen)
Related Keywords
excel excellent outstanding superior brilliant talented gifted remarkable exceptional distinguished eminent prominent preeminent surpass transcend bloom flourish blossom sprout grow

彼はチームの誰より優秀な選手です。
He is better than any other player in the team.
彼の兄はとても優秀な医者だ。
His brother is a very capable doctor.
彼はその試験に合格するはずだ、彼は優秀だから。
He ought to pass the examination , for he is very capable.
彼女は優秀な学生だ。
She is an excellent student.