EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    (relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

    それらの作品には優劣をつけがたい。
    I can't tell which work is better than the other.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

Kun
やさ.しいすぐ.れるまさ.る
On
ユウ
Strokes
17
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
334 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Used in names as

よし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-2-15SKIP code
2a15.1The Kanji Dictionary
2124.7Four corner code
2167deroo
512aUnicode hex code
1-45-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
564Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
334New Nelson (John Haig)
177New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
200Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
156Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
993Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1068Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
453A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2599Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1148Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1261Morohashi
984A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1033Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1074Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
995henshall3
1000Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
140Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1002Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you1Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

inferiority, be inferior to, be worse

Kun
おと.る
On
レツ
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1620 of 2500
Radical
power
WaniKani
Level 49

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-4-2, 3-4-2, 4-6-4SKIP code
3n3.4The Kanji Dictionary
9042.7Four corner code
1145deroo
52a3Unicode hex code
1-46-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
185Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
524New Nelson (John Haig)
2395New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3047Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1553Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2124Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
862Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
926Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1580A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1324Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2302Morohashi
1928A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1150Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1203Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1100Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1062Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1153Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
210Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
870Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lie4Pinyin reading
ryeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level