憂
melancholy; grieve; lament; be anxious; sad; unhappy
15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1625.
Readings
- ユウ (on reading): 憂鬱 (ゆううつ) depression; 憂慮 (ゆうりょ) anxiety
- うい (kun reading): 憂い (うい) unhappy; 憂さ晴らし (うさばらし) diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.)
- うき (kun reading): 憂き目 (うきめ) bitter experience; 憂き身 (うきみ) wretched life
- うれい (kun reading): 憂い (うれい) sorrow; 憂い顔 (うれいがお) sad face
- うれえる (kun reading): 憂える (うれえる) to worry about; 憂え (うれえ) lamentation
Components
- 百
- 冖
- 心
- 夂
- 一 radical one
- 冖 radical cover
- 夂 radical go; winter top
- 心 radical heart
- 白 radical white
- 自 radical self
Kanji containing 憂
Words using 憂
- 憂鬱 (ゆううつ) depression
- 憂慮 (ゆうりょ) anxiety
- 一喜一憂 (いっきいちゆう) alternating between happiness and anxiety
- 杞憂 (きゆう) needless fear
- 憂国 (ゆうこく) patriotic concern for the future of one's country
- 憂い (うい) unhappy
- 憂さ晴らし (うさばらし) diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.)
- 物憂い (ものうい) languid
- 憂さを晴らしに (うさをはらしに) for amusement
- 憂哭 (うきね) sobbing
- 憂き目 (うきめ) bitter experience
- 憂き身 (うきみ) wretched life
- 憂き目を見る (うきめをみる) to have a hard time of it
- 憂き身をやつす (うきみをやつす) to be absorbed in
- 憂き (うき) unhappy
- 憂い (うれい) sorrow
- 憂い顔 (うれいがお) sad face
- 憂い悩む (うれいなやむ) to be grievously troubled
- 憂い事 (うれいごと) bitter experience
- 後顧の憂い (こうこのうれい) anxiety (about the future)
- 憂える (うれえる) to worry about
- 憂え (うれえ) lamentation
- 備えあれば憂えなし (そなえあればうれえなし) if you are prepared you don't have to worry
- 憂ふ (うれう) to worry about
58 words in all.