優

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.1.3 References 3.2 Noun 3.3 Adverb 3.4 Related terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

優 (radical 9 人+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人一月水 (OMBE), four-corner 2124₇)

1. superior, excellent
2. actor

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 120, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1261
• Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 233, character 4
• Unihan data for U+512A

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

優 (Yale yau1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

優 (grade 6 kanji)

1. a person with lithe movements
2. kind (adj.)
3. surpass
4. rich; wealthy
   1. enough amount for certain thing
   2. the best grade on school results

[edit] Readings

• Go'on: う (u)
• Kan'on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: やさしい (yasashii), すぐれる (sugureru), ゆたか (yutaka), ゆうに (yūni), わざおぎ (wazaogi)
• Nazuke: かつ (katsu), ひろ (hiro), まさ (masa), まさる (masaru), ゆたか (yutaka)

[edit] Compounds

優渥 (ゆうあく, yūaku) 優位 (ゆうい, yūi) 優越 (ゆうえつ, yūetsu) 優越感 (ゆうえつかん, yūetsukan) 優艶 (ゆうえん, yūen) 優婉 (ゆうえん, yūen) 優雅 (ゆうが, yūga) 優遇 (ゆうぐう, yūgū) 優形

優弧 優姿 (ゆうし, yūshi) 優者 (ゆうしゃ, yūsha) 優秀 (ゆうしゅう, yūshū) 優柔不断 (ゆうじゅうふだん, yūjūfudan) 優駿 (ゆうしゅん, yūshun) 優女 優勝 (ゆうしょう, yūshō) 優勢 (ゆうせい, yūsei)

優性 (ゆうせい, yūsei) 優生 優先 (ゆうせん, yūsen) 優待 (ゆうたい, yūtai) 優退 (ゆうたい, yūtai) 優男 優長 (ゆうちょう, yūchō) 優等 (ゆうとう, yūtō) 優曇華 (うどんげ, udonge) 優美 (ゆうび, yūbi)

優々閑々, 優優閑閑 (ゆうゆうかんかん, yūyūkankan) 優利 (ゆうり, yūri) 優良 (ゆうりょう, yūryō) 優劣 (ゆうれつ, yūretsu) 優諚

[edit] References

• Kuten:4505
• Shift_JIS: 9744
• JIS: 4D25

[edit] Noun

優 (hiragana ゆう, romaji yū)

1. A (letter grade); excellence
2. gentleness

[edit] Adverb

優 (hiragana ゆう, romaji yū)

1. enough, amply
2. easily, skillfully

[edit] Related terms

• 優しげ
• 優る

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

優 (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

優 (simplified 优, pinyin yōu (you1), Wade-Giles yu¹)