鬱

See also: 鬰, 欝, and 郁

Translingual

Han character

鬱 (Kangxi radical 192, 鬯+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 木木月山竹 (DDBUH), four-corner 4472₂, composition ⿳⿲木缶木冖⿰鬯彡)

Derived characters

• 灪, 爩, 䖇, 𡯀, 𡿥, 𡿥, 𢺴, 𥘄, 𤓮, 𪓊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45671
• Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 858, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9B31

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Chinese

trad.		鬱
simp.		郁*
alternative forms		鬰 欝／郁 𣠈 𣡇 𣡡 鬰 欝／郁 𣠈 𣡇 𣡡 𣡸 𦉚 𩏴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬱
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鬱	*qud
欝	*qud
灪	*qud
爩	*qud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qud) : semantic 林 + phonetic 𩰪 ().

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鬱

1. lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick
2. various; abundant; profuse
3. deep; obscure; profound
4. to gather; to stagnate; to become stagnant
5. depressed; gloomy; moody
6. melancholy; depression
7. to begrudge; to resent; to feel aggrieved
8. hot air (rising); steam
9. a kind of plum
10. name of a god
11. tall and big
12. putrid; putrefied
13. tulip; fragrant grass

    alt. forms: 𩰪 (yù), 䖇 (yù)

14. (～水) name for a branch of the Pearl River, including the You River, Yu River and the Xun River in Guangxi, as well as the Xi River downstream in Guangdong
15. (～郡) name of an ancient Chinese prefecture
16. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

鬱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. depression, gloom, melancholy

Readings

• Go-on: うち (uchi)
• Kan-on: うつ (utsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru, 鬱る); ふさぐ (fusagu, 鬱ぐ)

Compounds

Compounds

• 鬱(う)金(こん) (ukon)
• 鬱(う)金(こん)色(いろ) (ukon'iro)
• 鬱(う)金(こん)香(こう) (ukonkō)
• 鬱(うっ)気(き) (ukki)
• 鬱(うっ)屈(くつ) (ukkutsu)
• 鬱(うっ)血(けつ) (ukketsu)
• 鬱(うっ)積(せき) (usseki)
• 鬱(うっ)蒼(そう) (ussō)
• 鬱(うっ)滞(たい) (uttai)
• 鬱(うっ)陶(とう)しい (uttōshii)

• 鬱(うっ)憤(ぷん) (uppun)
• 鬱(うつ)々(うつ) (utsūtsu)
• 鬱(うつ)然(ぜん) (utsuzen)
• 鬱(うつ)病(びょう) (utsubyō)
• 鬱(うつ)勃(ぼつ) (utsubotsu)
• 気(き)鬱(うつ) (kiutsu)
• 暗(あん)鬱(うつ) (an'utsu)
• 陰(いん)鬱(うつ) (in'utsu)
• 気(き)鬱(うつ)症(しょう) (kiutsushō)

• 躁(そう)鬱(うつ) (sōutsu)
• 躁(そう)鬱(うつ)質(しつ) (sōutsushitsu)
• 躁(そう)鬱(うつ)病(びょう) (sōutsubyō)
• 沈(ちん)鬱(うつ) (chin'utsu)
• 幽(ゆう)鬱(うつ) (yūutsu)
• 憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ) (yūutsu)
• 憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ)質(しつ) (yūutsushitsu)
• 憂(ゆう)鬱(うつ)症(しょう) (yūutsushō)
• 抑(よく)鬱(うつ) (yokūtsu)

Trivia

鬱 has, at 29 strokes, the most strokes of any kanji in the jōyō kanji list or kanji kentei level pre-1. The next highest kanji in the jōyō list is 鑑, at 23 strokes.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鬱
うつ Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 鬱 (MC 'jut).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) う​つ [úꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Adjective

鬱(うつ) • (utsu) -na (adnominal 鬱(うつ)な (utsu na), adverbial 鬱(うつ)に (utsu ni))

1. depressing

   鬱(うつ)な曲(きょく)

   utsu na kyoku

   depressing song

2. depressed

   鬱(うつ)な気(き)分(ぶん)

   utsu na kibun

   gloomy mood

   鬱(うつ)になりそう

   utsu ni narisō

   to be almost depressed about something

Noun

鬱(うつ) • (utsu) 

1. (psychiatry) depression

   鬱(うつ)を克(こく)服(ふく)する

   utsu o kokufuku suru

   overcome depression

Synonyms

• 鬱(うつ)病(びょう) (utsubyō)

Affix

鬱(うつ) • (utsu) 

1. dense (growth); lush; luxuriant
2. accumulate; stagnate
3. depression; gloom; melancholy

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Korean

Alternative forms

• 㭗

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 鬱 (MC 'jut).

Hanja

Wikisource

鬱 (eumhun 답답할 울 (dapdaphal ul))

1. Hanja form^? of 울 (“stuffy; stifling; suffocating”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 울결 (鬱結, ulgyeol)
• 울금 (鬱金, ulgeum)
• 울기 (鬱氣, ulgi)
• 울념 (鬱念, ullyeom)
• 울노 (鬱怒, ullo)
• 울담 (鬱痰, uldam)
• 울도 (鬱陶, uldo)
• 울림 (鬱林, ullim)
• 울민 (鬱悶, ulmin)
• 울밀 (鬱密, ulmil)
• 울분 (鬱憤, ulbun)
• 울산 (鬱散, ulsan)
• 울울 (鬱鬱, urul)
• 울적 (鬱寂, uljeok)
• 울적 (鬱積, uljeok)
• 울화 (鬱火, ulhwa)
• 구울 (漚鬱, guul)
• 불울 (岪鬱, burul)
• 불울 (弗鬱, burul)
• 아울 (訝鬱, aul)
• 앙울 (怏鬱, ang'ul)
• 앙울 (泱鬱, ang'ul)
• 애울 (藹鬱, ae'ul)
• 억울 (抑鬱, eogul)
• 옹울 (蓊鬱, ong'ul)
• 우울 (憂鬱, uul)
• 음울 (陰鬱, eumul)
• 읍울 (悒鬱, eubul)
• 인울 (湮鬱, inul)
• 재울 (齎鬱, jae'ul)
• 창울 (蒼鬱, chang'ul)
• 우울증 (憂鬱症, uuljeung)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鬱 (uất)

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