adjective

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
優しい やさしい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tenderness, excel, surpass
ユウ やさ.しい すぐ.れる (6th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
melancholy, grieve, lament
ユウ う.い うれ.える (8th, N1)
melancholy(憂) variant
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)