優しい

Meanings

1. tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 優

  Meanings

  tenderness, excel, surpass, actor

  On reading

  ユウ、ウ

  Kun reading

  やさ.しい、すぐ.れる、まさ.る

  Strokes

  17

Example sentences

• 彼の優しい言葉で彼女の気持ちが和らいだ。

  She melted at his kind words.

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