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Kanji Detail for 愁 - "sorrow, melancholy, worry"

  • Meaning

    愁 means "sorrow, melancholy, worry."

    1. Sorrow - Deep sadness.

    2. Melancholy - A feeling of pensive sadness.

    3. Worry - Anxious concern.

  • Words using

    • 郷愁 きょうしゅう Listen nostalgia; homesickness
    • 哀愁 あいしゅう Listen pathos; sorrow; grief
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    • Verified meaning: sorrow, melancholy, worry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うれい, しう, しゅう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (うれい)Listen (しう)Listen (しゅう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    distress; grieve; lament; be anxious

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    anxiety; to worry about, be anxious

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to worry about

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    anxious, worried

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Worry. Such as 愁緒, 愁恨.
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Sentences including

  • She was anxious about her mother's sickness.

  • The orchestra struck up nostalgic music.

  • I heard the news of his death with deep regret.

  • The ancient ones built the sorrowful lighthouses to guide their miserable wooden ships.

  • Use a brief expression of condolence, such as: "On this sad occasion we grieve with you".

  • In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.

  • Here at the Jokanji, also known as the "Nagekomi-dera", in the cemetery there is a memorial to thousands of prostitutes, the so-called "women of pleasure", who have found their final resting place here. It's filled with an indescribable melancholy, and, for some reason, it makes me want to come back here again and again.

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