Kanji
優
kanji character
tenderness
excel
surpass
actor
superiority
gentleness
優 kanji-優 tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
優
Meaning
tenderness excel surpass
Readings
Kun'yomi
- やさしい
- すぐれる
- まさる
On'yomi
- ゆう しょう overall victory
- ゆう しゅう superior
- ゆう せん preference
- う どんげ udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata)
- う ばそく upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)
- う ばい upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)
Practice Writing
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Related Entries
Common Words
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優 勝 overall victory, championship, winning the title... -
優 るto excel, to surpass, to exceed... -
優 秀 superior, excellent, brilliant... -
優 先 preference, priority, precedence -
優 利 advantageous, favourable, better... -
優 れるto be better (than), to be superior, to surpass... -
女 優 actress, female actor -
俳 優 actor, actress, player... -
優 しいtender, kind, gentle... -
優 勢 superiority, superior power, predominance... -
優 位 predominance, superiority, ascendancy... -
優 遇 favorable treatment, favourable treatment, hospitality... -
優 良 superior, excellent, fine -
優 等 生 honor student, honours student, model student... -
優 越 感 superiority complex, sense of superiority -
優 雅 elegant, graceful, refined... -
優 美 grace, refinement, elegance... -
男 優 (male) actor -
優 劣 (relative) merits, superiority or inferiority, quality -
名 優 great actor, famous actor, star -
優 先 的 preferential -
優 越 supremacy, predominance, being superior to -
声 優 voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.) -
優 Excellent (grade), A, superiority... -
優 にeasily (reach, exceed, etc.)... -
最 優 遇 most favourable treatment, most favorable treatment, very warm reception -
優 柔 不 断 indecisive, irresolute, shilly-shally... -
優 待 preferential treatment, hospitality, warm reception... -
優 駿 fine racehorse -
優 生 eugenics