绣
xiù · HSK 7
to embroider
🧵🪡 绣 = 纟silk thread + 秀 xiù (elegant); the 秀 also gives the sound xiù
绣 — silk radical 纟 + 秀 (xiù, elegant/grain in flower)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the silk radical 纟 signals the meaning (thread, embroidery), while 秀 supplies the sound 'xiù' and hints at elegance. The character originally referred to ornamental needlework on silk, and by extension came to mean 'embroider' or anything richly decorated.