Read Edit View history 優 yōu HSK7 superior Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 憂 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas yōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 优 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 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 優 Simp strokes 優 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 優 Simp strokes 優 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 優 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 301, 802 ], [ 328, 778 ], [ 339, 752 ], [ 294, 659 ], [ 250, 583 ], [ 175, 475 ], [ 115, 403 ], [ 75, 367 ] ], [ [ 247, 534 ], [ 267, 476 ], [ 269, 433 ], [ 261, 225 ], [ 244, 77 ], [ 250, 12 ] ], [ [ 450, 791 ], [ 477, 784 ], [ 518, 784 ], [ 752, 827 ], [ 811, 830 ] ], [ [ 574, 767 ], [ 589, 751 ], [ 561, 702 ], [ 543, 689 ] ], [ [ 470, 682 ], [ 486, 668 ], [ 498, 644 ], [ 505, 486 ], [ 504, 476 ], [ 494, 467 ] ], [ [ 509, 678 ], [ 532, 668 ], [ 670, 701 ], [ 709, 696 ], [ 727, 668 ], [ 715, 522 ], [ 695, 507 ] ], [ [ 534, 590 ], [ 537, 598 ], [ 585, 610 ], [ 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