EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    bright person; talented student; prodigy

    エジソンは秀才ではなかった。
    Edison was not a bright student.
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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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

genius, years old, cubic shaku

On
サイ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1497 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-3-3SKIP code
0a3.27The Kanji Dictionary
4020.0, 5000.0Four corner code
1447deroo
624dUnicode hex code
1-26-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
270Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2059New Nelson (John Haig)
3410New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4218Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2131Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2880Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
681Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
736Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
639A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
35Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
574Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11769Morohashi
126A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
560Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
217sakade
553Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
139henshall3
85Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
739Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
853Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
688Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cai2Pinyin reading
jaeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level