鬱 — gloom, depression, melancholy

うつ鬱 gloom

うつ

U+9B31 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #2120 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

gloom
depression
melancholy
luxuriant

Readings

On'yomi: うつ utsu
Kun'yomi: ふさ fusa しげ shige

word

うつ utsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

憂(ゆう) 鬱(うつ) yuuutsu depression

Words by frequency and grade

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Each dot is a word containing 鬱: 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

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

かん缶 tin can #121

き木 tree #75

冖 cover

鬯 sacrificial wine

彡 hair

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#192 鬯 sacrificial wine