優 is the Japanese kanji for excel, tenderness, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness. It is written with 17 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is やさ.しい、すぐ.れる、まさ.る and its on reading is ユウ、ウ.
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Words with 優
- 優しいtender, kind, gentle
- 優にeasily (reach, exceed, etc.), comfortably, amply
- 優れるto be better (than), to be superior, to surpass
- 優勝overall victory, championship, winning the title
- 俳優actor, actress, player
- 優先preference, priority, precedence
Practice 優 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.