绣 (繡) xiù

  1. xiù verb to embroider
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 绣 is synomymous with 刺绣 and overlaps with the sense 'to adorn' (GHC '绣' 1, 3) Middle Chinese: sjuwH (Kroll 繡 xiù)
  2. xiù noun embroidery; embroidered clothes
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '绣' 2)
  3. xiù verb to decorate; to adorn
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: sjuwH (Kroll 繡 xiù); 繡:五采備也。从糸肅聲。 'Xiù: to decorate with the five colors. From the silk radical and sù pronunciation.' (Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Scroll 14 說文解字‧卷十四)
  4. xiù adjective ornate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '绣' 4) Middle Chinese: sjuwH (Kroll 繡 xiù)
  5. xiù noun embroidery
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: sjuwH (UniHan '繡')
  6. xiù noun an ornament
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: sjuwH (UniHan '繡')
  7. xiù proper noun Xiu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: A surname (GHC '绣' 5)

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锦绣峰

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