尤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. もっとも。とりわけ。際立って。
  2. とがめる。
  3. とはいえ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

reasonable, just, natural, superb, outstanding, plausible

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ユウ
Kun (native)
  • もっと(も)
  • とが(める)
Other languages
  • 拼音you2
  • 한글u
  • Hán-ViệtVưu

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
尸(かばね)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5C24

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺尢丶

Words using this kanji

  • 尤ももっともbut then, although, though, reasonable
  • 尤もらしいもっともらしいplausible, believable, solemn, dignified
  • ゆうもっとも。とりわけ。際立って。 とがめる。 とはいえ。superb, outstanding
  • 尤度ゆうど統計学の用語で、仮説の観測値に対するもっともらしさ。likelihood
  • 尤物ゆうぶつ同類の中で優れたもの。something superior, beautiful woman
  • 尤なるゆうなるsuperb, outstanding
  • 尤度比ゆうどひlikelihood ratio
  • 尤度関数ゆうどかんすうlikelihood function
  • 尤度比検定ゆうどひけんていlikelihood ratio test

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

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Lookup codes

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