鬱 – gloom, depression, melancholy

29 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N1 vocabulary

The kanji 鬱 means gloom, depression, melancholy, luxuriant. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ウツ (utsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うっ.する、ふさ.ぐ、しげ.る (ussuru, fusagu, shigeru). It is written with 29 strokes, under radical 鬯 (no. 192).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ウツ	utsu
Kun’yomi	うっ.する	ussuru
Kun’yomi	ふさ.ぐ	fusagu
Kun’yomi	しげ.る	shigeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 鬯 (Kangxi radical 192). Components: 缶・木・冖・凵・匕・彡・鬯.

Words using 鬱

憂鬱ゆううつdepression

Example sentences

雨が降ると彼女は憂鬱になる。

When it rains, she feels blue.

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