修

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to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

彡 meaning “hair” + 攸 sound ( yōu )

Components 攸彡

repair · Heisig RSH #1310

人 person + walking stick + walking legs + rooster tail

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
修水县	Xiū shuǐ Xiàn	Xiushui, a county in Jiujiang City 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
修行人	xiū xíng rén	person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
修文县	Xiū wén Xiàn	Xiuwen, a county in Guiyang City 貴陽市\|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou
修水利	xiū shuǐ lì	to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
大修道院长	dà xiū dào yuàn zhǎng	abbot
修道会	xiū dào huì	order (of monks)
修正主义	xiū zhèng zhǔ yì	revisionism
大修道院	dà xiū dào yuàn	abbey; large monastery or convent
新修本草	Xīn xiū běn cǎo	Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
普罗米修斯	Pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī	Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology
阿修罗	Ā xiū luó	Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
重新装修	chóng xīn zhuāng xiū	refurbishment; renovation
修心养性	xiū xīn yǎng xìng	to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
修罗场	xiū luó chǎng	(Indian mythology) battlefield where Asuras 修羅\|修罗[xiu1 luo2] fought the gods; (fig.) a sce…
大修	dà xiū	overhaul
修水	Xiū shuǐ	see 修水縣\|修水县[Xiu1 shui3 Xian4]
克劳修斯	Kè láo xiū sī	Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician
修道士	xiū dào shì	friar; frater
自修	zì xiū	to study on one's own; self-study
修武县	Xiū wǔ Xiàn	Xiuwu, a county in Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan

Characters sharing the sound component 攸 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
攸 sound part	yōu	distant, far; adverbial prefix
悠	yōu	distant, remote; long, far; carefree
倏	shū	hastily, suddenly, abruptly
莜	yóu	Avena nuda; a bamboo basket
脩	xiū	dried meat