Kanji Details:
- 憂
- Frequency:1625
- Kun: うれ.える, うれ.い, う.い, う.き
- On: ユウ
- Meaning: melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 憂慮 ゆうりょ anxiety, concern, fear 一喜一憂 いっきいちゆう now rejoicing, now worrying, swinging from joy to sorrow, glad and sad by turns, alternating hope and fear, unable to put one's mind at ease 憂える うれえる to grieve, to lament, to be anxious, to be distressed 憂き目 うきめ bitter experience, misery, distress, grief, sad thoughts, hardship 憂い うれい grief, distress, sorrow 杞憂 きゆう absurd fear, needless anxiety 憂国 ゆうこく patriotism 憂さ うさ gloom, melancholy 内憂外患 ないゆうがいかん troubles both at home and abroad 憂い うい unhappy, sad, gloomy