Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1625 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 憂慮 【ユウリョ】 anxiety, concern, fear
  • 憂鬱 【ユウウツ】 depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency
  • 外憂 【ガイユウ】 external troubles, foreign threat
  • 内憂 【ナイユウ】 internal troubles, domestic discord

Kun reading compounds

  • 憂える 【うれえる】 to worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about, to lament, to grieve, to feel sorrow for
  • 憂い 【うれい】 sorrow, grief, anguish, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, affliction, fear, misgivings
  • 憂い顔 【うれいがお】 sad face, sorrowful face, anxious look, sad countenance
  • 憂い 【うい】 unhappy, sad, gloomy
  • 憂き 【うき】 unhappy, sad, gloomy
  • 憂き目 【うきめ】 bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you1
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • pesadumbre
  • inquietud
  • preocupación
  • estar apesadumbrado
  • estar inquieto
  • estar preocupado

Portuguese

  • melancolia
  • luto
  • lamento
  • está infeliz
  • triste
  • ansioso

French

  • mélancolie
  • dépression
  • chagrin
  • lamentation
  • triste
  • anxieux
  • malheureux
1871 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1627 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
70 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1518 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1319 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1032 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1073 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1829 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
800 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2664 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1357 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
624 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11170 Morohashi
2145 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1971 New Nelson (John Haig)
616 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
663 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1763 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3167 2001 Kanji
4i12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-13 SKIP code
2-8-7 SKIP code
1024.7 Four corner code
1040.7 Four corner code
1-45-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6182 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
trouble, worry, in pain, distress, illness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1084 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 悩殺 【ノウサツ】 fascinate, bewitch, enchant
  • 悩乱 【ノウラン】 worry, anguish
  • 懊悩 【オウノウ】 anguish, trouble, agony
  • 煩悶懊悩 【ハンモンオウノウ】 anguish, agony

Kun reading compounds

  • 悩む 【なやむ】 to be worried, to be troubled
  • 悩ます 【なやます】 to afflict, to torment, to harass, to molest
  • 悩ましい 【なやましい】 seductive, carnal, enchanting, troubling, difficult, thorny, hard, anxious, uneasy
  • 悩み 【なやみ】 trouble, troubles, worry, distress, sorrows, anguish, agony, problem
  • 悩み事 【なやみごと】 matter causing distress, something causing worry

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nao3
Korean:
noe

Spanish

  • preocupación
  • pena
  • sufrimiento
  • angustia
  • estar preocupado
  • sentir pena
  • sufrir
  • angustiarse

Portuguese

  • dificuldade
  • preocupação
  • perigo
  • doença

French

  • soucieux
  • ennuis
  • peine
  • détresse
  • maladie
1680 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
992 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1698 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1617 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
541 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1279 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1353 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1110 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
817 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
504 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
313 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
380 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1954 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10716P Morohashi
421 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 New Nelson (John Haig)
1935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2085 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1336 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1175 2001 Kanji
4k7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-1-9 SKIP code
9207.2 Four corner code
9907.2 Four corner code
1-39-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60a9 Unicode hex code