秀

xiù = xi + ou4

handsome / refined / elegant / graceful / superior / show (loanword) / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of crops) to produce ears

秀 = 乃 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: a talent show.

Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for her performance (秀) in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She will be juggling lots of bowls of cereals (禾) without spilling the cereals. Her secret is that she convinced a poltergeist (乃) to help her, which will make itself invisible during the show and handle the cereals for her.

秀 character breakdown

秀
- 乃
  - 丿
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

乃

nǎi = n + ai3

to be / thus / so / therefore / then / only / thereupon

A poltergeist. The poltergeist is wearing a hood and stretching out his arms as he is moving to the right hand side.

乃

廼

nǎi = n + ai3

variant of 乃[nai3]

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

Characters with 秀 as component

透

tòu = t + ou4

to penetrate / to pass through / thoroughly / completely / transparent / to appear / to show

透 = 秀 + 辶 : Tecumseh (t) is taking part in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). His performance involves him dancing in gladiator sandals (辶) and using the sandals to penetrate (透) and smash all kinds of barriers made of concrete, steel, and your worst enemy.

透

tòu = t + ou4

(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through / to tell secretly; to leak / thoroughly; through and through / to appear; to show

绣

綉

xiù = xi + ou4

variant of 繡|绣[xiu4]

绣 = 秀 + 纟 : Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for an embroidery (绣) talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She prepares by hiding a silk worm (纟) in her sleeve which will secretly do all the embroidering for her.

绣

繡

xiù = xi + ou4

to embroider / embroidery

诱

誘

yòu = y + ou4

to entice / to tempt

诱 = 讠 + 秀 : Maud Younger (y) is about to be lured into (诱) a talent show (秀) by an ad on an advertising column (讠) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).

锈

銹

xiù = xi + ou4

to corrode / to rust

锈 = 钅 + 秀 : Marie Curie (xi) is demonstrating in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) how she can magically remove the rust (锈) from a golden harpoon (钅) by dipping it in the toilet. Her secret is that she poured the right chemicals in the toilet earlier.

琇

xiù = xi + ou4

(jade)

莠

yǒu = y + ou3

Setaria viridis / vicious