Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

334 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

Kunyomi: やさ.しい すぐ.れる まさ.る

Onyomi: ユウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(はいゆう)   actor, actress

(だんゆう)   actor

(じょゆう)   actress

先権(ゆうせんけん)   priority

等生(ゆうとうせい)   honor student

越感(ゆうえつかん)   superiority complex

秀な(ゆうしゅうな)   superior, excellent

雅な(ゆうがな)   elegant, refined

勝する(ゆうしょうする)   win a championship

先する(ゆうせんする)   prioritize

しい(やさしい)   tender, kind, gentle

れる(すぐれる)   excel

Onyomi Examples

ユウ Excellent (grade), A, superiority, excellence, gentle, graceful, elegant, skillful

ユウイ predominance, superiority, ascendancy, advantage, supremacy

セイユウ voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)

カイユウ actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance

曇華 ウドンゲ udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata), something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years), Japanese fiber banana flower, green lacewing eggs

婆夷 ウバイ upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)

セイユウ voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)

カイユウ actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance

Kunyomi Examples

しい やさしい tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable

しい声 やさしいこえ soft voice

れる すぐれる to surpass, to outstrip, to excel

勝る まさる to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate

るとも劣らない まさるともおとらない not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)