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The kanji 優: meaning, readings and stroke order

優

Meaning
kind, excellent
On reading
ユウ yuu
Kun reading
やさ(しい) yasashii、すぐ(れる) sugureru
Strokes
17
Radical
人 man, human
Level
Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Stroke order of 優, 17 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
dịu dàng, giỏi (ưu)
Japanese
やさしい。すぐれて いる。
Korean
상냥하다, 뛰어나다 (우)
Chinese
温柔、优秀 (优)

Readings, words and example sentences

ユウ yuu · on reading

やさ(しい) yasashii · kun reading

すぐ(れる) sugureru · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 優 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 優 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.