漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
愁: distress, grieve
Also: lament, be anxious
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 秋 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 郷愁きょうしゅうnostalgia; homesickness
- 哀愁あいしゅうpathos; sorrow; grief
- 愁傷しゅうしょうgrief; sorrow
Also read うれえる, うれい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side愁 distress · 心
vs萩 bush clover · 艹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chóu
Same form: 愁 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 愁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 愁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chóu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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