忧

See also 憂

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 心 + phonetic 尤

Han character

忧 (radical 61 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心戈大山 (PIKU), composition ⿰忄尤)

1. sad, grieved
2. grief, melancholy

References

• KangXi: page 377, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10362
• Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2276, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5FE7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

忧 (traditional 憂, jyutping jau1, Yale yau1)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

忧 (traditional 憂, pinyin yōu (you1), Wade-Giles yu¹)