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宥 — Soothe

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary school
soothe, calm, pacify
On’yomiユウ (yuu)
Kun’yomiなだめる (nadameru)
Kun’yomiゆる (yurusu)

Stroke order (9 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Common words using 宥

WordReadingMeaning
宥めるなだめる
nadameru
to soothe; to calm; to pacify

Study notes

宥 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. 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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