憂

憂 — melancholy, grieve, lament

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 15
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1625 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ゆう yuu
Kun'yomi: うれ.える ure.eru

うれ.い ure.i

う.い u.i

う.き u.ki

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 憂

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

憂鬱ゆううつ depression JLPT N1