猶 means “delay, hesitate, still”

ゆう · yuu

Also: furthermore, yet

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

なお

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ユウ, ユ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A dog (犭) beside 酋, a jar of aged liquor: picture a hound sniffing at it, hesitating, not yet moving. 猶 lives in 猶予, a grace period, as in 執行猶予, a suspended sentence, and 一刻の猶予もない, not a moment to lose.

Used in 猶予 (yuuyo, grace period/postponement) and 執行猶予 (shikkou yuuyo, suspended sentence)

More from Formal Words

• 又 again
• 甚 extremely
• 但 however
• 且 moreover
• 僅 only
• 及 reach
• 故 cause
• 為 do
• 致 bring about
• 是 right
• 須 must
• 殊 especially

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