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Kanji Detail for 尤 - "outstanding, especially, fault"

尤

  • Meaning

    尤 means "outstanding, especially, fault."

    1. Outstanding - Exceptionally superior; remarkable.

    2. Especially - Most of all; particularly.

    3. Fault - A mistake; a shortcoming.

  • Words using 尤

    • 尤もらしい もっともらしい Listen plausible; believable; solemn

  • Tattoo check: 尤

    • Verified meaning: outstanding, especially, fault
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read まさる, ゆう, りゆう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 尤

    Given names 尤(まさる)Listen 尤(ゆう)Listen

    Surnames 尤(りゆう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reasonable; just; natural; superb; outstanding; plausible

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    especially, particularly

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname You

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    especially, particularly

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Outstanding; supreme. Such as 殊尤絕跡, meaning extraordinary. A woman of exceptional beauty is called 尤物, meaning rare. | Excessive. Like saying "especially." | To blame. Such as 效尤, meaning criticizing someone's faults then imitating them.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yuu(ユウ) ユウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    motto.mo(もっと-も) もっと-も

    toga.meru(とが-める) とが-める

  • Strokes

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    4 strokes

  • Radical

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    尢 尣 (dainomageashi・mageashi・onyo)

  • Related Keywords

    outstanding especially fault particularly exceptionally remarkably notably singularly error mistake superior remarkable shortcoming prominently preeminently distinctively

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