优 — Chinese character
优
yōu
superior; elegant
- Pinyin
- yōu
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亻 尤
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 尤
- Traditional
- 優
Common words with 优
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优秀 (優秀) | yōu xiù | outstanding; excellent |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 优惠 (優惠) | yōu huì | privilege; favorable (terms) |
| 优先 (優先) | yōu xiān | to have priority; to take precedence |
| 优质 (優質) | yōu zhì | excellent quality |
| 优化 (優化) | yōu huà | to optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff |
| 优点 (優點) | yōu diǎn | merit; benefit |
| 优良 (優良) | yōu liáng | fine; good |
| 优越 (優越) | yōu yuè | superior; superiority |
| 优雅 (優雅) | yōu yǎ | grace; graceful |
| 优美 (優美) | yōu měi | graceful; fine |
| 优异 (優異) | yōu yì | exceptional; outstandingly good |
English words written with 优
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.