優
ユウ, ウ, やさ.しい, すぐ.れる, まさ.る, ゆ, よし

tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

JLPT3 G6 S17 F334

As per 憂# (deliberate movement) → *graceful*; *flexible*; *gentle* (← move gracefully, with great deliberation) → *excel*; *superior* (← graceful motion) → *kind*; *tender*. Here, 人 has no semantic function, being used simply to create a derivative character conveying a nuance that dropped from the original one.

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