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
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
優勝
winning first place
大会で 優勝しました。
We won the tournament.
やさ(しい) yasashii · kun reading
優しい
kind, gentle
祖母は だれにでも 優しいです。
My grandma is kind to everyone.
すぐ(れる) sugureru · kun reading · less common
優れる
to be excellent
優れた 作品が 集まりました。
Many excellent works came in.
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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.