漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
修: discipline, conduct oneself well
Also: study, master
JLPT N110 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 攸(sound)
- 彡hair-style(meaning)
彡 carries the meaning · 攸 gives the sound
10 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 修士しゅうしMaster's degree
- 研修けんしゅう(in-service) training
- 必修科目ひっしゅうかもくrequired course
- 修理するしゅうりするrepair
- 修正するしゅうせいするmodify
- 補修するほしゅうするrepair
- 改修するかいしゅうするrevise
- 履修するりしゅうするtake a class
シュshu · on'yomi
- 修行するしゅぎょうするreceive training (education)
おさめるosameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 修めるおさめるstudy to complete, master [v.t.]
おさまるosamaru · kun'yomi
- 修まるおさまるgovern oneself [v.i.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)攸 (sound) + 彡 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 修 (rev. 94581009), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side修 discipline · 彡
vs悠 permanence · 心In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiū
Same form: 修 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 修 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 修 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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