優
commontenderness; excel; surpass; actor; superiority; gentleness
Radical: 亻 (human). Strokes: 17画. Elements: 一⺅心白冖夂自. . Hangul: 우 [u]. Nanori: ゆ / よしyu / yoshi.
Jōyō Kanji 6th Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ユウYŪ | 優生【ゆうせいyūsei】eugenic 優長【ゆうちょうyūchō】leisurely; conspicuous 優に【ゆうにyūni】easily; sufficiently; well; skillfully |
| やさしいyasashii | 優しい【やさしいyasashii】tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable; suave 優しい声【やさしいこえyasashiikoe】soft voice 地球に優しい【ちきゅうにやさしいchikyūniyasashii】earth-friendly; ecological; sustainable |
| すぐれるsugureru | 優れる【すぐれるsugureru】to surpass; to outstrip; to excel |
| まさるmasaru | 優る【まさるmasaru】to excel; to outweigh 優るとも劣らない【まさるともおとらないmasarutomōtoranai】not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with) |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 512a | – | Unicode |
| 45-5 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-2-15 | – | SKIP |
| 2a15.1 | – | TKD |
| 2124.7 | – | Four Corner |
| 2167 | – | De Roo |
| 564 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 334 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 177 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 130 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 993 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 453 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 2599 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1148 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1261 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 957 |
| 984 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 1033 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 336 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 995 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 1000 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 1168 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 140 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1002 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |