憂 — melancholy, grieve, lament
ゆう
憂
melancholy
ゆう
U+6182
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1625
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #663
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- melancholy
- grieve
- lament
- be anxious
- sad
- unhappy
Readings
- On'yomi
- ゆう yuu
- Kun'yomi
- うれ ure う u
word
ゆう yuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
うれ ure Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
3 wordsEach dot is a word containing 憂: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.