Kanji 優
On:
ユウ、ウ
yuu, u
Kun:
やさ.しい、すぐ.れる、まさ.る
yasa.shii, sugu.reru, masa.ru
Reading in names:
ゆ、よし
yu, yoshi
Meanings:
tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
превосходный; актер; изящный; любезный; доброжелательный
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Examples
俳優
はいゆう
haiyuu
актёр; актриса
actor, actress
actor, actress
優しい
やさしい
yasashii
добрый; ласковый; нежный
tender, kind, gentle
tender, kind, gentle
優れる
すぐれる
sugureru
excel
excel
優先する
ゆうせんする
yuusensuru
prioritize
prioritize
優先権
ゆうせんけん
yuusenken
priority
priority
優勝する
ゆうしょうする
yuushoosuru
win a championship
win a championship
優秀な
ゆうしゅうな
yuushuuna
superior, excellent
superior, excellent
優等生
ゆうとうせい
yuutoosei
honor student
honor student
優越感
ゆうえつかん
yuuetsukan
superiority complex
superiority complex
優雅な
ゆうがな
yuugana
elegant, refined
elegant, refined
女優
じょゆう
joyuu
actress
actress
男優
だんゆう
danyuu
actor
actor
Reading in other languages
Korean:
우
Korean (latin):
u
Pinyin:
you1
Vietnam:
Ưu
Encoding
BIG5:
C0 75
DECIMAL:
20778
HEX:
512A
JIS_LEVEL:
1
MINKUTEN:
1-45-05
UTF16:
512A
UTF8:
E5 84 AA
Dictionary indexes
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Ken Henshall):
995
A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall):
984
Essential Kanji (P.G. O'Neill):
1148
Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"):
453
Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press):
336
Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill):
2599
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky):
1074
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky, 2 edition):
1033
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999):
130
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2 edition, 2013):
156
Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono):
1168
Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide:
140
Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013):
200
Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette):
1002
Morohashi Daikanwajiten (Volume 1, page 0957):
1261
New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990):
177
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig):
993
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig, 6 edition):
1068
The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson):
564
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig):
334
Tuttle Kanji Cards:
1000
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Total kanji: 13136
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