Today I'm feeling melancholic.
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忧郁
Traditional: 憂鬱
yōu yù
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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yōu yù · jau1 wat1 (Jyutping)
- sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
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Character breakdown
忧
- Meaning
- sad, grieved; grief, melancholy
- Radical
- 忄
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰忄尤
- Cangjie
- PIKU
- Four-corner
- 9301
郁
- Meaning
- sweet smelling, rich in aroma; (Cant.) to move, hit
- Radical
- 阝
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰有阝
- Cangjie
- KBNL
- Four-corner
- 4722.7
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Example sentences
She sometimes gets depressed.
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