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憂

憂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うれえる、心配する、心配し気が沈む。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「夒」。また一説に、「心」+音符「頁（首）」。｛憂｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ユウJHS
Kun (native)
  • うれ(える)JHS
  • うれ(い)JHS
  • う(い)HS
  • う(き)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ゆ
Other languages
  • 拼音you1
  • 한글u
  • Hán-ViệtƯu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6182

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱㥑夂

Words using this kanji

  • 憂慮ゆうりょ心配すること。anxiety, concern, fear
  • 憂き目うきめ辛いこと。悲しいこと。bitter experience, misery, distress, grief
  • 憂えるうれえる良くない状態になるのではないかと心配する。 嘆き悲しむ。to worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about, to stress over
  • 憂国ゆうこく国家の行く末や有り方を憂い心配すること。patriotic concern for the future of one's country
  • 憂いうれい予想される悪い状況に対する心配。 悲しく憂鬱なこと。sorrow, grief, anguish, distress
  • 憂鬱ゆううつ心が晴れない様子。depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom
  • 憂さうさgloom, sadness, melancholy, despondency
  • 憂いういunhappy, sad, miserable, wretched
  • 憂患ゆうかん憂い。心痛。気がかり。sorrow, worry, distress
  • 憂苦ゆうくtrouble, distress, sorrow
  • 憂思ゆうし憂い、心を痛めること。grieving
  • 憂愁ゆうしゅう憂い（憂鬱）と悲しみ（哀愁）。melancholy, gloom, grief
  • 憂色ゆうしょく憂いや心配ごとがあるような顔色。melancholy air, anxious look, traces of sorrow, gloom
  • 憂心ゆうしん憂える心。grieving heart
  • 憂世ゆうせいworrying about world conditions
  • 憂戚ゆうせきgrief
  • 憂憤ゆうふんgrief and anger
  • 憂悶ゆうもん何かを憂いて悶えること。anguish, mortification
  • 憂哭うきねsobbing
  • 憂懼ゆうくfear, apprehension, dread

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-13
Four Corner
1040.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4i12.1
Heisig
663
Nelson
70