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发愁

Traditional: 發愁

fā chóu

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5

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fā chóu · faat3 sau4 (Jyutping)

to worry
to fret
to be anxious
to become sad

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

发

Meaning: issue, dispatch, send out; hair
Radical: 又
Strokes: 5
Components: ⿸？又
Cangjie: VIHE
Four-corner: 2340

愁

Meaning: anxiety; to worry about, be anxious
Radical: 心
Strokes: 13
Components: ⿱秋心
Cangjie: HFP
Four-corner: 2933.8

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