Read Edit View history 优 yōu HSK3 superior Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 尤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 優. Pinyin Separate values with commas yōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 优 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 優 ×优 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 优 Simp strokes 优 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 优 Simp strokes 优 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 优 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 318, 773 ], [ 335, 757 ], [ 354, 723 ], [ 311, 638 ], [ 196, 466 ], [ 95, 351 ], [ 59, 323 ] ], [ [ 241, 487 ], [ 246, 459 ], [ 267, 418 ], [ 251, 191 ], [ 237, 103 ], [ 242, 20 ] ], [ [ 366, 459 ], [ 427, 454 ], [ 704, 516 ], [ 775, 525 ], [ 807, 520 ] ], [ [ 528, 778 ], [ 569, 752 ], [ 582, 723 ], [ 549, 459 ], [ 523, 337 ], [ 477, 209 ], [ 433, 130 ], [ 350, 37 ], [ 312, 14 ] ], [ [ 609, 382 ], [ 634, 349 ], [ 617, 189 ], [ 616, 118 ], [ 625, 58 ], [ 642, 33 ], [ 691, 12 ], [ 764, 5 ], [ 833, 15 ], [ 871, 33 ], [ 894, 53 ], [ 885, 191 ] ], [ [ 709, 721 ], [ 722, 707 ], [ 791, 664 ], [ 818, 622 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 243 494 Q 289 552 339 629 Q 367 681 394 705 Q 404 715 399 730 Q 395 743 365 768 Q 338 787 318 788 Q 299 787 307 763 Q 320 729 307 700 Q 267 606 204 517 Q 144 432 64 340 Q 54 330 50 323 Q 46 311 61 314 Q 101 318 219 464 L 243 494 Z", "M 219 464 Q 240 407 240 354 Q 228 194 202 107 Q 192 62 226 11 Q 227 11 229 8 Q 247 -8 259 19 Q 274 59 273 106 Q 286 350 297 404 Q 304 431 295 442 Q 250 490 243 494 C 220 514 209 492 219 464 Z", "M 577 465 Q 649 481 798 506 Q 808 505 818 518 Q 818 530 795 539 Q 768 560 687 534 Q 615 518 583 506 L 526 493 Q 403 475 371 469 Q 343 465 365 448 Q 401 424 438 433 Q 475 442 520 452 L 577 465 Z", "M 520 452 Q 472 205 365 76 Q 346 54 320 27 Q 307 20 305 15 Q 301 8 318 9 Q 327 9 364 33 Q 389 49 431 92 Q 539 212 577 465 L 583 506 Q 586 638 623 730 Q 630 742 621 750 Q 569 802 526 792 Q 505 785 521 766 Q 549 733 547 702 Q 540 587 526 493 L 520 452 Z", "M 943 70 Q 925 95 896 177 Q 893 193 885 198 Q 878 201 875 181 Q 857 90 842 60 Q 812 32 731 34 Q 698 35 674 45 Q 653 54 648 67 Q 620 133 663 340 Q 672 370 623 391 Q 610 395 602 391 Q 595 388 599 370 Q 611 331 606 294 Q 582 62 614 21 Q 632 3 677 -11 Q 813 -47 935 18 Q 936 21 940 21 Q 962 40 943 70 Z", "M 729 677 Q 760 649 791 617 Q 804 604 820 603 Q 830 603 837 617 Q 841 632 834 661 Q 825 697 726 725 Q 710 729 704 727 Q 700 723 700 710 Q 703 700 729 677 Z" ] } 6 strokes 优 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 318, 773 ], [ 335, 757 ], [ 354, 723 ], [ 311, 638 ], [ 196, 466 ], [ 95, 351 ], [ 59, 323 ] ], [ [ 241, 487 ], [ 246, 459 ], [ 267, 418 ], [ 251, 191 ], [ 237, 103 ], [ 242, 20 ] ], [ [ 366, 459 ], [ 427, 454 ], [ 704, 516 ], [ 775, 525 ], [ 807, 520 ] ], [ [ 528, 778 ], [ 569, 752 ], [ 582, 723 ], [ 549, 459 ], [ 523, 337 ], [ 477, 209 ], [ 433, 130 ], [ 350, 37 ], [ 312, 14 ] ], [ [ 609, 382 ], [ 634, 349 ], [ 617, 189 ], [ 616, 118 ], [ 625, 58 ], [ 642, 33 ], [ 691, 12 ], [ 764, 5 ], [ 833, 15 ], [ 871, 33 ], [ 894, 53 ], [ 885, 191 ] ], [ [ 709, 721 ], [ 722, 707 ], [ 791, 664 ], [ 818, 622 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 243 494 Q 289 552 339 629 Q 367 681 394 705 Q 404 715 399 730 Q 395 743 365 768 Q 338 787 318 788 Q 299 787 307 763 Q 320 729 307 700 Q 267 606 204 517 Q 144 432 64 340 Q 54 330 50 323 Q 46 311 61 314 Q 101 318 219 464 L 243 494 Z", "M 219 464 Q 240 407 240 354 Q 228 194 202 107 Q 192 62 226 11 Q 227 11 229 8 Q 247 -8 259 19 Q 274 59 273 106 Q 286 350 297 404 Q 304 431 295 442 Q 250 490 243 494 C 220 514 209 492 219 464 Z", "M 577 465 Q 649 481 798 506 Q 808 505 818 518 Q 818 530 795 539 Q 768 560 687 534 Q 615 518 583 506 L 526 493 Q 403 475 371 469 Q 343 465 365 448 Q 401 424 438 433 Q 475 442 520 452 L 577 465 Z", "M 520 452 Q 472 205 365 76 Q 346 54 320 27 Q 307 20 305 15 Q 301 8 318 9 Q 327 9 364 33 Q 389 49 431 92 Q 539 212 577 465 L 583 506 Q 586 638 623 730 Q 630 742 621 750 Q 569 802 526 792 Q 505 785 521 766 Q 549 733 547 702 Q 540 587 526 493 L 520 452 Z", "M 943 70 Q 925 95 896 177 Q 893 193 885 198 Q 878 201 875 181 Q 857 90 842 60 Q 812 32 731 34 Q 698 35 674 45 Q 653 54 648 67 Q 620 133 663 340 Q 672 370 623 391 Q 610 395 602 391 Q 595 388 599 370 Q 611 331 606 294 Q 582 62 614 21 Q 632 3 677 -11 Q 813 -47 935 18 Q 936 21 940 21 Q 962 40 943 70 Z", "M 729 677 Q 760 649 791 617 Q 804 604 820 603 Q 830 603 837 617 Q 841 632 834 661 Q 825 697 726 725 Q 710 729 704 727 Q 700 723 700 710 Q 703 700 729 677 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.