優

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ウユウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

すぐ.れるまさ.るやさ.しい

Nanori (名乗り)

ゆよし

Stroke Order

17 / 17

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:17

JLPT:N3

Frequency:334

Vocabulary

ウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
優婆塞	ウバソク	upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)
優婆夷	ウバイ	upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)

ユウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
女優	ジョユウ	actress; female actor
男優	ダンユウ	(male) actor
俳優	ハイユウ	actor; actress; player; performer
優位	ユウイ	predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
優越感	ユウエツカン	superiority complex; sense of superiority

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
優しい	やさしい	tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
優れる	すぐれる	to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
優る	まさる	to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival; to outweigh; to preponderate
優に	ゆうに	easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
見優り	みまさり	compare favourably; compare favorably

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