憂 – vocab dash

Keyword

anxiety

melancholy
grieve
lament
be anxious
sad
unhappy

Frequency: #1625
Strokes: 15
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 663

Readings

ユウ57%

うれ29%

う14%

Mnemonic

In late winter, one lonely self huddles under a roof without a chimney, no fire to warm the heart, and anxiety creeps in with the cold.

Stroke order

Composed of

一one 自self 冖roof without a chimney 心heart 夂late winter

Used in kanji

優gentle 擾commotion 櫌kind of hoe 耰toothless rake for drawing earth

Used in vocabulary

憂ゆう鬱うつ

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

Noun

憂ゆう慮りょ

anxiety; concern; fear

Noun

内ない憂ゆう外がい患かん

troubles both at home and abroad

Noun

憂うい

unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic; bitter

I-adjective

憂うれい

sorrow; grief; anguish; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; affliction; fear; misgivings

Noun

憂うれえる

to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to stress over; to lament; to grieve; to mourn; to feel sorrow for

Ichidan verb

一いっ喜き一いち憂ゆう

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

Noun

憂うき目め

bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

Noun

杞き憂ゆう

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

Noun

憂うき世よ

fleeting life; this transient world; floating world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world; (the world of the) red light districts

Noun

憂ゆう国こく

patriotic concern for the future of one's country

Noun

憂うさ

gloom; sadness; melancholy; despondency; cares; worries

Noun

憂うれう

to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to stress over; to lament; to grieve; to mourn; to feel sorrow for

Godan verb

憂うさ晴ばらし

diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement