Japanese Kanji
優yuu
tenderness · excel · surpass
Grade 6 · JLPT N2 · 17 strokes
Tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness.
優 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 17 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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