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
- —性格俳優character actor; character actress
- —優生思想eugenic thought; idea of eugenics
- —優先道路priority road; road on which vehicles have priority at all intersections
- —優良企業top-ranking company; company in good standing; blue-chip firm
- —悲劇俳優tragic actor; tragedian
- —舞台女優stage actress
- —自分優先putting oneself first; prioritizing oneself
- —株主優待shareholder benefit
- —最優秀賞top award; grand prize; prize for best performance
- —俳優組合British Actors' Equity Association
- —東京優駿Tōkyō Yūshun (annual horse race in Fuchū); Japan Derby; Japanese Derby
- —乗降車優先priority to pedestrians
- —歩行者優先priority to pedestrians
- —優等卒業生honor graduate; honours graduate
- —最優秀選手most valuable player; MVP
- —優生保護法Eugenic Protection Act
- —全優の学生straight A student
- —優勝を争うto contend for victory
- —優勝決定戦deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant))
- —軍事的優位military superiority; military supremacy