Unicode: U+4F18

Pinyin: yōu

Definition

* 美好的,出众的,与"劣"相对。 ~良。~等。 * 充足,富裕。 ~裕。~厚。 * 优待。 拥军~属。 * 旧时指演戏的人。 ~伶。俳~(滑稽杂耍艺人)

superior, excellent; actor

Structure

优 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC