Kanji

優

Meaning

  • tenderness
  • excel
  • surpass
  • actor
  • superiority
  • gentleness

Onyomi

  • yuu (ユウ)
  • u (ウ)

Kunyomi

  • yasashii (やさしい)
  • sugureru (すぐれる)
  • masaru (まさる)

Examples

優しい
kind
yasashii
優しく
gently
yasashiku
俳優
actor, performer
haiyuu
優先
priority
yuusen