漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
郁: cultural progress, perfume
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
⻏ carries the meaning · 有 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
イクiku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 郁郁いくいくflourishing; teeming with culture; aromatic
- 馥郁ふくいくfragrant; sweet-smelling
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 郁子むべJapanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia…
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Welcome to the village! This "big town" radical brings the feeling of community, borders, and organized civilization to a kanji.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
有
Also built on possess (有)
Also read イク
1 kanji shares this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side郁 cultural progress · ⻏
vs侑 urge to eat · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yù
Same form: 郁 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 郁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 郁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yù most common reading
False friend. In simplified Chinese, 郁 also stands for 鬱 (gloom, depression), which Japanese writes as a separate kanji.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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