JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 悠: "permanence, distant, long time"
The kanji 悠 means "permanence, distant, long time, leisure". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ユウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ユウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | permanence, distant, long time, leisure |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1921 of 2,501 |
Common words with 悠
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 悠然calm; composed; leisurely
- 悠長leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
- 悠々quiet; calm; leisurely; composed · easily; comfortably; without difficulty
- 悠久eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
- 悠quiet; calm; leisurely; composed · distant; far-off; boundless; endless
- 悠々自適living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
- 悠揚self-possessed; calm
- 悠々閑々composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
- 悠遠faraway; remoteness
- 悠揚迫らぬcalm; composed
- 悠揚迫らずcalmly; composedly
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