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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
melancholy; dense growth

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Number of strokes

29

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chàng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

forest

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿻林缶鬯彡

Semantic compound

Lín

Phonetic compound

fǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yǒu represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
郁闷 yù mèn gloomy鬱悶
抑郁 yì yù depressed抑鬱
忧郁 yōuyù sullen憂鬱
抑郁症 yì yù zhèng clinical depression抑鬱症
浓郁 nóng yù rich濃郁
郁金香 yù jīn xiāng tulip鬱金香
melancholy
阴郁 yīn yù gloomy陰鬱
郁郁葱葱 yù yù cōng cōng verdant and lush (idiom)鬱鬱蔥蔥
忧郁症 yōu yù zhèng (psychology) depression憂鬱症
郁结 yù jié mental knot鬱結
郁达夫 Yù Dá fū Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist郁達夫
郁郁寡欢 yù yù guǎ huān depressed鬱鬱寡歡
葱郁 cōng yù verdant蔥鬱
馥郁 fù yù strongly fragrant馥鬱
积郁 jī yù pent-up frustrations積鬱
郁郁不得志 yù yù bù dé zhì soured by the loss of one's hopes鬱鬱不得志
郁郁不乐 yù yù bù lè discontented (idiom)鬱鬱不樂
苍郁 cāng yù verdant and luxuriant蒼鬱
郁江 Yù jiāng Yu River鬱江
郁南 Yù nán Yu'nan county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮 Yún fú [Yún​fú], Guangdong鬱南

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