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Kanji for excel

N3–N2Grade 617 strokes

excel, tenderness, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

Kun
On

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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