Hanja Analyzer
憂

憂 — u

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
근심 우
Romanization
u
English
sad, grieved; grief, melancholy
Mandarin
yōu
Japanese on'yomi
ユウ, オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
うれ.える うれ.い う.い う.き
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,625 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
心 (61, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+6182

Korean example words with 憂

  • 우색憂色 Korean gloss: 근심하는 기색
  • 우환憂患 Korean gloss: 몸의 온갖 병
  • 우고憂苦 Korean gloss: 근심하고 괴로워함
  • 은우殷憂 Korean gloss: 깊은 근심이나 시름
  • 국우國憂 Korean gloss: 나라의 근심이나 걱정
  • 우박憂迫 Korean gloss: 근심하여 가슴이 막힘
  • 우음憂音 Korean gloss: 근심 때문에 내는 소리
  • 침우沈憂 Korean gloss: 마음에 쌓여 있는 깊은 근심
  • 우수憂愁 Korean gloss: 근심과 걱정을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 우락憂樂 Korean gloss: 근심과 즐거움을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 은우隱憂 Korean gloss: 남에게 알리지 못하고 속으로만 지니는 근심
  • 내우內憂 Korean gloss: 어머니의 상사(喪事). 또는 할아버지로부터 직접 한집안을 거느릴 권리를 이어받은 적손으로서 당하는 할머니의 상사

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 憂

  • 憂慮ゆうりょ anxiety; concern; fear
  • 一喜一憂いっきいちゆう alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns
  • 憂き目うきめ bitter experience; misery; distress
  • 憂えるうれえる to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about
  • 杞憂きゆう needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
  • 憂国ゆうこく patriotic concern for the future of one's country
  • 憂いうれい sorrow; grief; anguish
  • 内憂外患ないゆうがいかん troubles both at home and abroad
  • 憂さうさ gloom; sadness; melancholy
  • 憂鬱ゆううつ depression; melancholy; dejection
  • 内憂ないゆう internal troubles; domestic discord
  • 憂患ゆうかん sorrow; worry; distress

Characters sharing the phonetic 憂

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “우” in Korean.

Other hanja read “우”

Other hanja with radical 心

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