優 — tenderness, excel, surpass
やさしい
優
tenderness
やさしい
U+512A
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #334
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1068
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- tenderness
- excel
- surpass
- actor
- superiority
- gentleness
Readings
- On'yomi
- ゆう yuu う u
- Kun'yomi
- やさ yasa すぐ sugu まさ masa
word
やさ yasa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
ゆう yuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
すぐ sugu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
24 wordsEach dot is a word containing 優: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 6 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.