Radical
Strokes
6
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
yōu
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
6 strokes
Mandarin
yōu

Definitions by reading

iu1
Mandarin equivalent yōu
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng iu1 Chaoyang iu1 Chenghai iu1 Jieyang iu1 Raoping iu1 Shantou iu1
①yōu
②美好的,出众的:~良 | ~等
③古代指演剧的人:~伶 | 俳~(滑稽杂耍艺人)
④充足,富裕:~裕(富裕,充足) | ~厚 | ~惠 | ~遇 | 养尊处~(处于尊贵的地位,过着优裕的生活,用于贬义)
⑤美好:优美
⑥充足:优裕
⑦旧时称演戏的人:名优
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English meaning

superior, excellent; actor

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

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影母 三等 口 尤韵 平声 於求切
Reconstruction:
Original

饒也,亦優倡。又姓,史記楚賢臣優孟。