ユウ, ウ, やさ.しい, すぐ.れる, まさ.る, よし
tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

This kanji has 17 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 15 other strokes.

Sample compounds (22) :


  1. やさ
    (pref) gentle, affectionate

  2. まさる
    to excel, to surpass, to outrival
  3. しい
    やさしい
    tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable, suave
  4. しげ
    やさしげ
    (an) gentle, kind, sweet-looking
  5. れる
    すぐれる
    to surpass, to outstrip, to excel

  6. ゆうれつ
    (relative) merits, superiority or inferiority, quality

  7. ゆうい
    predominance, ascendancy, superiority

  8. はいゆう
    actor, actress, player, performer

  9. ゆうせい
    (an) superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance

  10. せいゆう
    radio actor

  11. やさがた
    slender figure

  12. ゆうたい
    (vs) preferential treatment, hospitality, warm reception, welcome

  13. ゆうが
    elegance, grace, refinement

  14. ゆうせい
    eugenic

  15. だんゆう
    actor

  16. ゆうり
    (an) advantageous, better, profitable, lucrative

  17. ゆうしゃ
    superior individual

  18. ゆうしょう
    (vs) overall victory, championship

  19. ゆうじょう
    gracious imperial message

  20. ゆうえつ
    (vs) supremacy, predominance, being superior to
  21. 退
    ゆうたい
    (vs) bowing out, retiring voluntarily

  22. ゆうちょう
    (an) slow, tedious, deliberate, leisurely
Kanji Character : 優
Kuten Encoding : 4505
SJIS Encoding : 4d25
Unicode Encoding : 512a
Old Nelson Index : 564
Radical Number : 9
Frequency Ranking : 455
Gakken Index : 453
Grade Level : 6
Halpern Index : 177
Heisig Index : 993
Henshall Index : 984
New Nelson Index : 334
O'Neil Index : 2599
Stroke Count : 17
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a15.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 15
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 1033
SKIP Code : 1-2-15
De Roo Code : 2167
Four Corner Code : 2124.7
Korean reading : u
Pinyin reading : you1
Morohashi Index String : 1261
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0957
Morohashi Index Number : 1261
Morohashi Page : 957
Morohashi Volume : 1
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2167
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