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悠

悠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 長い、遠い、離れている
  2. ゆったりとした

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「攸」。「おもう」「うれう」を意味する漢語｛悠｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

permanence, distant, long time, leisure

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ユウJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ゆ
Other languages
  • 拼音you1
  • 한글yu
  • Hán-ViệtDu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+60A0

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱攸心

Words using this kanji

  • 悠々ゆうゆうquiet, calm, leisurely, composed
  • 悠久ゆうきゅう果てしなく長く続くこと。またはその時間。eternal, everlasting, perpetual, immemorial
  • 悠長ゆうちょう落ち着いており、気が長いさま。のんびりしているさま。leisurely, slow, deliberate, easygoing
  • 悠々自適ゆうゆうじてき「悠悠自適」の異表記。living a life of leisure with dignity, living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares, otium cum dignitate
  • 悠ゆうquiet, calm, leisurely, composed
  • 悠然ゆうぜん落ち着いているさま。calm, composed, leisurely
  • 悠揚ゆうようゆっくりとあがること。 ゆったりとして落ち着いていること。self-possessed, calm
  • 悠遠ゆうえん遥か遠く久しいこと。また、そのようなさま。悠久。faraway, remoteness
  • 悠々閑々ゆうゆうかんかんcomposed and unhurried, easygoing and leisurely, in indolence
  • 悠揚迫らぬゆうようせまらぬcalm, composed
  • 悠揚迫らずゆうようせまらずcalmly, composedly
  • 悠々自適の生活ゆうゆうじてきのせいかつlife free from worldly cares

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-7-4
Four Corner
2833.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k7.20
Heisig
1031
Nelson
1701