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優 · tenderness, excel

優 is a kanji meaning tenderness, excel, surpass, actor. It has 17 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

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In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 優
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
優しいやさしい	やさしい	kind (person), gentle (person), easy (problem)	N4
女優じょゆう	じょゆう	actress	N3
優れるすぐれる	すぐれる	to surpass, to outstrip, to excel	N3
優秀ゆうしゅう	ゆうしゅう	superiority, excellence	N3
優勝ゆうしょう	ゆうしょう	overall victory, championship	N3
俳優はいゆう	はいゆう	actor, actress, performer	N3

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More words that use 優
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
優ゆう	ゆう	superiority, high grade	N3
優位ゆうい	ゆうい	predominance, ascendancy, superiority	N1
優越ゆうえつ	ゆうえつ	supremacy, predominance, being superior to	N1
優勢ゆうせい	ゆうせい	superiority, superior power, predominance	N1
優先ゆうせん	ゆうせん	preference, priority	N1
優美ゆうび	ゆうび	grace, refinement, elegance	N1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

17 strokes