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尤 – reasonable, just, natural
4 strokesJinmeiyō (names)N3 vocabulary
The kanji 尤 means reasonable, just, natural, superb, outstanding, plausible. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユウ (yuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もっと.も、とが.める (mottomo, togameru). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 尢 (no. 43).
Stroke order
Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.
Readings
| Type | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| On’yomi | ユウ | yuu |
| Kun’yomi | もっと.も | mottomo |
| Kun’yomi | とが.める | togameru |
A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.
Radical and components
Radical: 尢 (Kangxi radical 43). Components: 丶・尢.
Words using 尤
Kanji with the same radical
Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.