鬱

See also: 鬰, 欝, and 郁
鬱 U+9B31, 鬱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B31
← 鬰
[U+9B30] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鬲 →
[U+9B32]

Translingual

Han character

鬱 (radical 192, 鬯+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 木木月山竹 (DDBUH), four-corner 44722, composition ⿳⿲木缶木冖⿰鬯彡)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1458, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 858, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9B31

Chinese

trad. 鬱
simp. 郁*
alt. forms
 
鬰
欝
𣠈
𣡇
𣡡
𣡸
𦉚
𩏴

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬱
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (鬱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鬱 *qud
欝 *qud
灪 *qud
爩 *qud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qud) : semantic 林 + phonetic 𩰪.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鬱
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 物 (60)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 紆物切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔiut̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔut̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiuət̚/
Wang
Li		 /ĭuət̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yu
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鬱
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjut ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qut/
English blocked; anxious

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鬱
Reading # 1/1
No. 16057
Phonetic
component		 鬱
Rime
group		 物
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 鬱
Old
Chinese		 /*qud/

Definitions

鬱

  1. lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick
  2. various; abundant; profuse
  3. deep; obscure; profound
  4. to gather; to stagnate; to become stagnant
  5. depressed; gloomy; moody
  6. melancholy; depression
  7. to begrudge; to resent; to feel aggrieved
  8. hot air (rising); steam
  9. a kind of plum
  10. name of a god
  11. tall and big
  12. putrid; putrefied
  13. tulip; fragrant grass
    alt. forms: 𩰪, 䖇
  14. (～水) name for a branch of the Pearl River, including the You River, Yu River and the Xun River in Guangxi, as well as the Xi River downstream in Guangdong
  15. (～郡) name of an ancient Chinese prefecture
  16. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鬱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. depression, gloom, melancholy

Readings

Compounds

Trivia

鬱 has, at 29 strokes, the most strokes of any kanji in the jōyō kanji list or kanji kentei level pre-1.[1] The next highest kanji in the jōyō list is 鑑, at 23 strokes.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鬱
うつ
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 鬱 (MC ʔɨut̚).

Adjective

鬱 (-na inflection, hiragana うつ, rōmaji utsu)

  1. depressing
    鬱 (うつ)な曲 (きょく)
    utsu na kyoku
    depressing song
  2. depressed
    鬱 (うつ)な気 (き)分 (ぶん)
    utsu na kibun
    gloomy mood
    鬱 (うつ)になりそう
    utsu ni narisō
    to be almost depressed about something

Noun

鬱 (hiragana うつ, rōmaji utsu)

  1. (psychiatry) depression
    鬱 (うつ)を克服 (こくふく)する
    utsu o kokufuku suru
    overcome depression

Synonyms

References

Korean

Hanja

鬱 • (ul) (hangeul 울, revised ul, McCune–Reischauer ul, Yale wul)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鬱 (uất)

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