繡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 19
Simplified Form: 绣
Variants: 綉繍

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiù
Cantonese: sau3
JapaneseKun: NUITORI
JapaneseOn: SHUU
Korean: SWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: embroider; embroidery; ornament

CE-Dict: to embroider/embroidery

Soothill: To embroider, embellish.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to embroider

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: embroider; embroidery

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: embroider; embroidery

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》繡五采備也。从糸肅聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】繡
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤息救切，音秀。【說文】五采備也。【釋名】繡，修也，文修修然也。【書·益稷】黼黻絺繡。【周禮·冬官考工記】畫繢之事，五采備，謂之繡。　又姓。【姓氏急就篇】漢有繡君實。　又【集韻】先彫切，音蕭。【類篇】綺屬。【詩·唐風】素衣朱繡。【箋】繡，當爲綃。【韻補】當讀如肖。
考證：〔【周禮·冬官考工記】畫繢之事，五采備，爲之繡。〕　謹照原文爲之改謂之。

CF-Dict: broder/broderie

Han-De-Dict: besticken (u.E.) (V)/Xiu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)