Kanji1 / 17
優 kanji
tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ユウウ
Kun readings
やさしいすぐれるまさる
Words with 優
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —優良児superior child
- —優良馬thoroughbred horse
- —優良品superior articles
- —優駿馬fine horse
- —高優先high priority
- —優勝戦championship tournament; finals
- —優先席priority seat; courtesy seat; seat provided in trains, buses, etc. for the use of the disabled, young children, the elderly, pregnant women, etc.
- —優良店store holding a special commendation (e.g. from the mayor)
- —準優勝being the runner-up; finishing second
- —初優勝first championship win (esp. sumo)
- —優勝額portrait of a tournament winner
- —最優先maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
- —優等財superior goods
- —最優秀best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
- —優先語preferred term
- —優先度priority level; degree of relative priority
- —マル優tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings
- —優良賞prize for excellence; prize of excellence
- —優秀賞award of excellence; merit award
- —最優良very best quality; superior quality