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Japanese symbol for “lucrative”

Romaji: yuuri
advantageous; favourable; better; stronger

In Japanese, lucrative is , read (yuuri).

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Meanings

  1. adj-na, n advantageous; favourable; better; stronger
  2. adj-na, n profitable; lucrative; gainful; paying

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

possess, have, exist
on: ユウ、ウ
kun: あ.る
6 strokes · JLPT 3
profit, advantage, benefit
on: リ
kun: き.く
7 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “lucrative”

WordReadingMeaning
ぼろい boroilucrative; easy-money; big-money
かねになる kaneninaruprofitable; lucrative

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ある aruto be; to exist; to live
ゆうめい yuumeifamous; well-known
しょゆう shoyuupossession; ownership
ゆうこう yuukouvalid; effective
ゆうりょう yuuryoufee-charging; paid; not free
りよう riyouuse; utilization; utilisation
しょうり shourivictory; triumph; win
けんり kenriright; privilege

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.