excel, excellence, beauty, surpass

Radicals

Common words

• 優秀【ゆうしゅう】
  superior, excellent, brilliant, outstanding
• 秀作【しゅうさく】
  excellent (piece of) work
• 秀逸【しゅういつ】
  excellent, superb, first-rate
• 秀才【しゅうさい】
  bright person, talented student, prodigy
• 秀でる【ひいでる】
  to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be better (than others at something), to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows), to be prominent, to stand out