優

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 15
Total Strokes: 17
Simplified Form: 优

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yōu
Cantonese: jau1
JapaneseKun: YASASHII SUGURERU WAZAOGI
JapaneseOn: YUU U
Korean: WU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: superior, excellent; actor

CE-Dict: excellent/superior

Soothill: Abundant, excessive; exceptional, extra; at ease; an actor; chiefly translit. u (उ) sounds, cf. 鬱, 憂, 烏, etc.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) To surpass, excel, be superior. (2) Transcription of Sanskrit and Pali u sound.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.excellent
2.an actor or actress

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: actor; excellent
【醫】 eu-

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: actor; excellent

湘雅醫學專業詞典: well

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《人部》優饒也。从人憂聲。一曰倡也。

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】優
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】於求切【正韻】於尤切，𠀤音憂。【爾雅·釋訓】優優，和也。【詩·商頌】敷政優優。言人君德政和樂也。　又優游，和柔也。【詩·大雅】優游爾休矣。　又【詩·大雅】天之降罔，維其優矣。【傳】渥也。【箋】寬也。　又【說文】饒也。又饒洽也。【詩·小雅】旣優旣渥。又有餘力也。【論語】仕而優則學。　又勝也，對劣之稱。　又【小爾雅】優，多也。　又【正韻】調戲也。【左傳·襄六年】宋華弱與樂轡，少相狎，長相優。　又伊優，屈曲佞媚貌。　又倡優。【前漢·東方朔傳】朔好詼諧，武帝以俳優畜之。又【左傳·襄二十八年】𨻰氏鮑氏之圉人爲優。【正義】優者，戲名也。【晉語】有優施。【史記·滑稽傳】有優孟，優旃，皆善爲優戲，而以優著名。　又姓。　又【集韻】烏侯切，音謳。【前漢·東方朔傳】伊優亞者，辭未定也。亞音鴉。　又通作要，平聲。【禮·深衣】要縫半下。【鄭註】要或爲優。

Buddhism words and phrases (transcription) u

ウ
(transcription) u

CF-Dict: excellent/supérieur

Han-De-Dict: vorzüglich, ausgezeichnet (u.E.) (Adj)/besorgt sein (u.E.)/Mime, Schauspieler, Schauspielerin (u.E.) (S); Bsp.: 女優女优 -- Schauspielerin/bevorzugt behandeln (u.E.) (V)/reichlich, um Überfluss (u.E.) (Adj)/You (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)