脩 meaning and stroke order
Dried meat
How to write 脩, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 脩
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times)
- dried; withered
How 脩 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Meat.
⺼ gives the meaning and 攸 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺼ (meat), shared by 176 characters on this site.
How to remember 脩
The meat radical ⺼ tucked under 攸 (yōu), which gives the sound, tells you this is about meat. Picture a strip of meat hung up under a roof to dry slowly.
脩 (xiū) is mostly seen in classical texts and set phrases about old customs, like 束脩 (shùxiū), a bundle of dried meat a pupil gave a teacher. It later came to mean a tutor's fee. Example: 自行束脩以上，吾未尝无诲焉。(Zì xíng shùxiū yǐ shàng, wú wèi cháng wú huì yān.) From the Analects: "I have never refused to teach anyone who brought even a bundle of dried meat."
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 脩 with 修 (xiū, to repair, to study). They sound the same and look alike, but 脩 has the meat radical ⺼ inside while 修 has 彡. Do not write 脩 in modern words like 修理 (xiūlǐ).
Questions about 脩
How many strokes are in 脩?
脩 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 脩 mean?
脩 (xiū) means dried meat.
How do you pronounce 脩?
脩 is pronounced xiū, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 脩?
The radical of 脩 is ⺼, which carries the idea of "meat". Dictionaries list 脩 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 脩?
脩 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 修, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 脩 used in modern Chinese?
Rarely. It mainly appears in classical quotations, historical writing, and some personal names. In everyday writing, other words such as 肉干 (ròugān) are used for dried meat.
What does 束脩 mean today?
Literally it is a bundle of dried meat given to a teacher. In literary language it can refer to a teacher's pay or tuition, and it is sometimes used humorously for a tutoring fee.