Memory phrase for the character: 優


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Meaning

gentle, superior, tender, graceful

Pronunciation


yasashii, sugureru

Explanation

Left: person 亻, right: grief, sorrow 憂 (If you have (a variation of) love 愛 in your head 頁, then you have sorrow and perhaps grief.) [愛 = A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the cross-legged 夂 sitting person: This is love.]

Mnemonic


 
A person with a head with a kind of love is gentle.

Radicals

personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
(fore-)head, pageThe radical oogai stands for (fore-)head and is at the right side of the kanji. Also this character 首 is used for: head.
love




 Vocabulary

女優 じょゆう  actress
俳優 はいゆう  actor, player, performer
ゆう  actor, superiority, gentleness, skilled
優しい やさしい  tender, kind, gentle, graceful, amiable
優れる すぐれる  to surpass, to outstrip, to excel
優位 ゆうい  predominance, ascendancy, superiority
優先 ゆうせん  preference, priority
優勝 ゆうしょう  overall victory, championship
優勢 ゆうせい  superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance


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