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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
秀 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)
秀 ＝ 禾 ＋ 乃
ㄒㄧㄡˋ · xiù
adj — fine, elegant, outstanding

字源 FORM — what the parts do

禾義a grain plant
乃形the ear of grain bending out, heavy with seed
A grain plant (禾) putting out its ear, the head curved over (乃) heavy with seed — the grain in full flower. From the finest of the crop came the finest of anything: elegant, outstanding, the gifted person: 秀麗, 優秀, 秀才.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一株稻（禾）抽穗了，穗子沉甸甸地彎下來。
A stalk of grain (禾) puts out its ear, the head bending heavy with seed.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)秀、吐穗— grain in ear, in flower
→秀麗、清秀— fine, elegant常用
⇒優秀、秀才— outstanding; the gifted常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
禿＝ 禾 ＋ 儿tūthe lookalike — 禿 sets 几 below 禾 (bare-headed, bald); 秀 sets the bending ear 乃莠yǒushares the 秀 element — 莠 (a weed) adds grass 艸; 秀 is the grain itself