Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

悠: permanence, distant

Also: long time, leisure

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

心 carries the meaning · 攸 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 悠々ゆうゆうquiet; calm; leisurely
  • 悠久ゆうきゅう
  • 悠長ゆうちょうleisurely; slow; deliberate
  • 悠々自適ゆうゆうじてきliving a life of leisure with dignity

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
More in the 心 heart story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
攸

Also built on 攸

悠 takes the 攸 family's reading, ユウ (yuu).

心

Also built on heart (心)

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Also read ユウ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
悠 permanence · 心
vs修 discipline · 彡
悠 has 心 where 修 has 彡.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yōu

Same form: 悠 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
悠 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
悠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yōu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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