EntryCommonWaniKani 23
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be better (than others at something)

    その選手はあらゆるスポーツに秀でていた。
    The athlete excelled in all kinds of sports.
  2. to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

excel, excellence, beauty, surpass

Kun
ひい.でる
On
シュウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
848 of 2500
Radical
grain
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

しゅしょうひでひでし

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-5-2, 2-1-6, 2-5-3, 2-1-7SKIP code
5d2.4The Kanji Dictionary
2022.7Four corner code
2245deroo
79c0Unicode hex code
1-29-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3263Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4123New Nelson (John Haig)
2545New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3152Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1616Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
914Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
980Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
859A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
726Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
973Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24911Morohashi
1355A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1683Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1798Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1582Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1171Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1429Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
923Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiu4Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level