Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 優
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優 |
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Meaning |
gentle, superior, tender, graceful |
Pronunciation |
YŪ
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 person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.] |
Mnemonic
| A person who wants your forehead to be covered and is cordial at your upturned foot, is simply gentle. |
Radicals
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亻
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person | (This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.) |
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頁
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(fore-)head, page | (The radical oogai stands for (fore-)head and is at the right side of the kanji. Also this character 首 is used for: head.) |
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愛
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love | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 女優 |
じょゆう |
actress | | 俳優 |
はいゆう |
actor, player, performer | | 優 |
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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