女優 (じょゆう) — actress | My Kanji

女じょ優ゆう actress

Frequency #2920 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings.

joyuu

Meanings

actress

Kanji Used

じょ jo On'yomi

woman, female

ON じょ /にょ /にょう

KUN おんな /め

ゆう yuu On'yomi

tenderness, excel, surpass

KUN やさ.しい /すぐ.れる /まさ.る

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男(だん)女(じょ) danjo men and women 女(じょ)子(し) joshi girl 少(しょう)女(じょ) shoujo girl 長(ちょう)女(じょ) choujo eldest daughter 王(おう)女(じょ) oujo princess 女(おんな) onna woman 女(じょ)性(せい) josei woman 彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojo she

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Words with 優 (8)

優(ゆう)勝(しょう) yuushou championship 優(やさ)しい yasashii kind 優(ゆう)先(せん) yuusen priority 優(すぐ)れる sugureru to excel 優(ゆう)秀(しゅう) yuushuu excellent 俳(はい)優(ゆう) haiyuu actor 優(ゆう)位(い) yuui superiority 優(ゆう) yuu excellence