優

See also 优

Translingual

Han character

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

1. superior, excellent
2. actor

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

優 (simplified 优, Yale yau1)

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Japanese

Kanji

優 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” 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

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)

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 (ゆうじょう, yūjō) 優男 (やさおとこ, yasaotoko)

References

JIS: 4D25 Kuten: 4505 Shift JIS: 9744 EUC-JP: CDA5 Frequency: 334 Nelson: 564

New Nelson: 334 Halpern: 177 Halpern Learners: 130 Heisig: 993 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2a15.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Adverb

優 (hiragana ゆう, romaji yū)

1. enough, amply
2. easily, skillfully

Noun

優 (hiragana ゆう, romaji yū)

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

Proper noun

優 (hiragana まさる, romaji Masaru)

1. A male given name

優 (hiragana ゆう, romaji Yū)

1. A female given name

Related terms

• 優しげ
• 優る

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

優 (ưu)