憂 (yōu)

to worry/anxiety

How 憂 is written

Strokes
15
Radical
一 — one
Traditional
憂
Simplified
忧

Components

Common words using 憂

憂傷 yōushāng
distressed; laden with grief
憂鬱 yōuyù
sullen; depressed; melancholy
憂心 yōuxīn
concerned; worried; disturbed
憂患 yōuhuàn
suffering; misery; hardship
憂愁 yōuchóu
to be worried
憂慮 yōulǜ
to worry; anxiety (about)
憂鬱症 yōuyùzhèng
(psychology) depression
擔憂 dānyōu
to worry; to be concerned
無憂無慮 wúyōuwúlǜ
carefree and without worries (idiom)
分憂 fēnyōu
to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties
報憂 bàoyōu
to report bad news; to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
後顧之憂 hòugùzhīyōu
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

憂 in a sentence

父母總是擔憂孩子的未來。

Fùmǔ zǒngshì dānyōu háizi de wèilái.

“Parents always worry about their children's future.”

How common is 憂?

憂 is the 1,459th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.3% of all running text.

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