裕 means “ample, affluent”

ゆう · yuu

Also: abundant, rich, fertile

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ユウ

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The story

Clothing (衤) as roomy as a valley (谷): picture robes with room to spare. 裕 is plenty left over, of money or of time: 裕福 is wealthy, and 余裕 is breathing room, as in 余裕がない, no slack at all.

Used in 余裕 (yoyuu, room to spare/leeway), 裕福 (yuufuku, wealthy), and 富裕層 (fuyuusou, the wealthy)

More from Plenty & Want

• 糧 provisions
• 剰 excess
• 乏 scarce
• 飢 starve
• 餓 starvation
• 窮 cornered
• 飽 tire of
• 倹 frugal
• 貪 greedy

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.