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優 = 亻 + 憂
優 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tenderness”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 憂 (melancholy). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1068.
- Keyword
- tenderness
- RTK frame
- 1068
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ユウ, ウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- やさ.しい, すぐ.れる, まさ.る
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- нежность
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 優 superior
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 優 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “melancholy”. 優 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 優 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.