7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

excel, excellence, beauty, surpass

Kun'yomi
  • to excel ②to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows)
On'yomi
  • シュ
    preeminence
Nanori
  • しゅ
  • しょう
  • ひで
  • ひでし

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

シュウ 93.8%
ひで 4.4%
ひいでる 1.9%

Character Breakdown

excel, excellence, beauty
シュウ ひで ひい.でる (7th, N1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)

Contained In

References

Unicode hex code 79C0
JIS X 0208 1-29-8
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3263
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4123
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2545
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3152
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24911
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1355
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1683
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1798
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1582
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1142
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1171
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1429
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 923
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5d2.4
Four corner code 2022.7
De Roo Code 2245