優

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

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
  3. of quality(Can we verify(+) this sense?)

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

優 (simplified 优, jyutping jau1, Yale yau1)

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

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 [edit]

Compounds [edit]

References [edit]

  • 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 [edit]

優 (hiragana ゆう, romaji yū)

  1. enough, amply
  2. easily, skillfully

Noun [edit]

優 (hiragana ゆう, romaji yū)

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

Proper noun [edit]

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 [edit]

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

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

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

優 (ưu)

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