ゆう
優
しょう
勝
こう
候
ほ
補

noun

  1. favorite (top choice) for the championship (favorite), best bet for the title.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ゆう
優
しょう
勝
こう
候
ほ
補
 優勝候補 ゆうしょうこうほ

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 (Late Jr. High, 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)
victory, win, prevail
か.つ　ショウ　かつ (3rd, N3)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
become fatigued, stop
ケン　てがた　わりふ (Kentei 1)
power, strength, strong
リョク　ちから　リキ (1st, N4)
climate, season, weather
コウ　そうろう (4th, N3)
marquis, lord, daimyo
コウ (Early High School, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
yu
dart, arrow
や　シ (2nd, N1)
person, (人 variant)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
supplement, supply, make good
ホ　おぎな.う (6th, N2)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
for the first time, not until
ホ　フ　はじ.めて (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)