鬱 (wat1 | yu4) : luxuriant; gloomy

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鬱

wat1

yu4

[1] [adj] (of grass and wood) luxuriant; lush
[2] [v] be gloomy; be depressed

郁 is also a traditional character with a different meaning.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 29

Level: 2

Radical: (#192)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鬱 / 郁

This word has been viewed 6002 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Apr 2012 15:29

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憂鬱 jau1 wat1 you1 yu4 = sullen; melancholy

鬱金香 wat1 gam1 hoeng1 yu4 jin1 xiang1 = tulip

鬱悶 wat1 mun6 yu4 men4 = gloomy; depressed

抑鬱 jik1 wat1 yi4 yu4 = depression; be in the dumps

抑鬱症 jik1 wat1 zing3 yi4 yu4 zheng4 = (medicine) depression

躁狂抑鬱症 cou3 kong4 jik1 wat1 zing3 zao4 kuang2 yi4 yu4 zheng4 = manic depression

抗抑鬱 kong3 jik1 wat1 kang4 yi4 yu4 = anti-depressant

鬱鬱寡歡 wat1 wat1 gwaa2 fun1 yu4 yu4 gua3 huan1 = melancholy; depressed; down

憂鬱症 jau1 wat1 zing3 you1 yu4 zheng4 = melancholia; hypochondriac

鬱結 wat1 git3 yu4 jie2 = to suffer from pent-up frustrations; mental knot, emotional issue
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Decimal representation of this word: 鬱
Unicode code for this character: U+9b31 (off-site link)

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