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Chinese symbol for “optimal”

最优
zuì yōu
Traditional: 最優
optimal; optimum

The closest CC-CEDICT match for optimal is 最优 (zuì yōu), defined as: optimal; optimum.

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Characters and stroke order

最 zuì
most, extremely, exceedingly; superlative
radical 13 ⼌ · 12 strokes
优 yōu
superior; elegant
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “optimal”

WordPinyinMeaning
最佳zuì jiāoptimum; optimal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 最优.

WordPinyinMeaning
最后 (最後)zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
最高zuì gāotallest; highest
最近zuì jìnrecently; soon
最终 (最終)zuì zhōngfinal; ultimate
最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
最佳zuì jiāoptimum; optimal
优秀 (優秀)yōu xiùoutstanding; excellent
优势 (優勢)yōu shìsuperiority; dominance

See also: Japanese symbol for “optimal”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.