悠
悠 — Permanence
permanence, distant, long time, leisure
On’yomiユウ (yuu)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 悠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悠々 | ゆうゆう yuuyuu | quiet; calm; leisurely |
| 悠久 | ゆうきゅう yuukyuu | eternal; everlasting; perpetual |
| 悠々自適 | ゆうゆうじてき yuuyuujiteki | living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate |
| 悠長 | ゆうちょう yuuchou | leisurely; slow; deliberate |
Study notes
悠 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1921 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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