鬱

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 郁 (Simplified Chinese)
• 鬰

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 林 + phonetic 𩰪

Han character

鬱 (radical 192 鬯+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 木木月山竹 (DDBUH), four-corner 4472₂, composition ⿳⿲木缶木冖⿰鬯彡)

1. luxuriant
2. dense, thick
3. moody

References

• KangXi: page 1458, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45671
• Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 858, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9B31

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鬱 (simplified 郁, Yale wat1)

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Japanese

Kanji

鬱 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. depression, gloom, melancholy

Readings

• On: うつ (utsu)
• Kun: うっ-する (鬱する, us-suru), しげ-る (鬱る, shige-ru), ふさ-ぐ (鬱ぐ, fusa-gu)

Compounds

Compounds

鬱金 (うこん, ukon) 鬱金色 (うこんいろ, ukon'iro) 鬱気 (うっき, ukki) 鬱屈 (うっくつ, ukkutsu) 鬱血 (うっけつ, ukketsu) 鬱積 (うっせき, usseki) 鬱蒼 (うっそう, ussō) 鬱滞 (うったい, uttai) 鬱陶しい (うっとうしい, uttōshī)

鬱憤 (うっぷん, uppun) 鬱々 (うつうつ, utsuutsu) 鬱然 (うつぜん, utsuzen) 鬱病 (うつびょう, utsubyō) 鬱勃 (うつぼつ, utsubotsu) 気鬱 (きうつ, kiutsu) 暗鬱 (あんうつ, an'utsu) 陰鬱 (いんうつ, in'utsu) 気鬱症 (きうつしょう, kiutsushō)

躁鬱 (そううつ, sōutsu) 躁鬱質 (そううつしつ, sōutsushitsu) 躁鬱病 (そううつびょう, sōutsubyō) 沈鬱 (ちんうつ, chin'utsu) 幽鬱 (ゆううつ, yūutsu) 憂鬱 (ゆううつ, yūutsu) 憂鬱質 (ゆううつしつ, yūutsushitsu) 憂鬱症 (ゆううつしょう, yūutsushō) 抑鬱 (よくうつ, yokuutsu)

Trivia

鬱 has, at 29 strokes, the most strokes of any kanji in the jōyō kanji list or kanji kentei level pre-1. The next highest kanji in the jōyō list is 鑑, at 23 strokes.

References

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Korean

Hanja

鬱 (hangeul 울, revised ul, McCune-Reischauer ul, Yale wul)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鬱 (simplified 郁, pinyin yù (yu4), Wade-Giles yü⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鬱 (uất)