Unicode: U+512A

Pinyin: yōu

Definition

* 豐饒;充足。 * 優良;美好;優越。跟"劣"相對。 * 勝任而有餘力;擅長。 * 悠閑,安逸。 * 和順,協調。 * 寬和;和緩。 * 引申為優厚;優待。如:擁軍優屬。 * 猶豫,少決斷。如:优柔寡断。 * 古代表演樂舞、雜戲的藝人。 * 指樂舞、雜戲。 * 戲謔;娛樂。 * 雨水充足。 * 姓。 * 象聲詞。也作"嚘"

superior, excellent; actor

Structure

優 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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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.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