Kanji: 優

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:	人(亻) Radical name: ひと（にんべん）
Meaning:	Tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 350 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	優(やさ)しい	kind
N3	女優(じょゆう)	actress
N3	優(すぐ)れる	to surpass, to outstrip, to excel
N3	俳優(はいゆう)	actor, actress, player, performer
N3	優秀(ゆうしゅう)	superiority, excellence
N3	優勝(ゆうしょう)	overall victory, championship
N1	優(やさ)	gentle, affectionate
N1	優位(ゆうい)	predominance, ascendancy, superiority
N1	優越(ゆうえつ)	supremacy, predominance, being superior to
N1	優勢(ゆうせい)	superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance
N1	優先(ゆうせん)	preference, priority
N1	優美(ゆうび)	grace, refinement, elegance