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優

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 385 / 2,608

Superior

On’yomi
ゆう
Kun’yomi
やさ、すぐ
Radical
人 Person (Kangxi 9)
School grade
6
Strokes
17

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 師 (Teacher), less common than 象 (Elephant).

A leader on the left, with hundred, forehead, heart, and winter on the right — a leader with a hundred thoughts on their forehead, heart warm despite winter, is truly superior in every way.

In words

優しい やさしい kindN4
優 やさ gentle;affectionateN1
優れる すぐれる to surpass,to outstrip,to excelN3

優 is rank 385 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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