

| Readings | On-reading | ゆう |
| Kun-reading | やさしい すぐれる |
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| Meaning | gentle / superiority / actor | |
| Radical |
人(亻)
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| Stroke count | 17 | |
| JLPT Level | N3 | |
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Vocabulary contains 「優」
| Word | Meaning |
| 優しい(やさしい) | gentle |
| 女優(じょゆう) | actress |
| 男優(だんゆう) | actor |
| 声優(せいゆう) | voice actor |
| 俳優(はいゆう) | actor / actress |
| 優勝(ゆうしょう) | championship |

