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宥

宥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 罪過を見逃す。大目に見る。
  2. 許容する。
  3. 酒興を助けるために客に贈る品物。引き出物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「宀」+音符「有」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

soothe, calm, pacify

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ユウ
Kun (native)
  • なだ(める)
  • ゆる(す)
Other languages
  • 拼音you4
  • 한글yu
  • Hán-ViệtHựu

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
寸(すん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5BA5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱宀有

Words using this kanji

  • 宥めるなだめる怒りや不満の気持ちを静める。 罪に対し寛大な処置をとる。to soothe, to calm, to pacify
  • 宥和ゆうわ敵対的な態度を大目に見て許し、仲間として扱うこと。appeasement, placation, propitiation
  • 宥恕ゆうじょ寛大な心で許し、咎めないこと。forgiveness, generosity
  • 宥和政策ゆうわせいさくappeasement policy, policy of appeasement
  • 宥めすかすなだめすかすto soothe and humor, to coax

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

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Lookup codes

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