忧
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to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,585 U+5FE7
How 忧 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 尤 (phonetic, yóu)
How to remember it
worried · Heisig RSH #578
state of mind + Frankenpooch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尤
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尤 (yóu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尤 sound component | yóu | especially, particularly |
| 优 | yōu | superior; elegant |
| 犹 | yóu | similar to, just like, as |
| 扰 | rǎo | to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate |
| 疣 | yóu | wart, tumor, papule, goiter |
| 鱿 | yóu | cuttlefish |
Words containing 忧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 | xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè | to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation … |
| 生于忧患，死于安乐 | shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè | to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom); life springs from sorrow and cala… |
| 报喜不报忧 | bào xǐ bù bào yōu | to report only the good news, not the bad news; to hold back unpleasant news; to sweep bad… |
| 一则以喜，一则以忧 | yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu | happy on the one hand, but worried on the other |
| 衣食无忧 | yī shí wú yōu | not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom); to be provided with the basic necessit… |
| 人无远虑，必有近忧 | rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu | He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Ana… |
| 排忧解难 | pái yōu jiě nàn | to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom) |
| 后顾之忧 | hòu gù zhī yōu | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worr… |
| 忧心 | yōu xīn | concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious |
| 喜忧参半 | xǐ yōu cān bàn | to have mixed feelings (about sth) |
| 高枕无忧 | gāo zhěn wú yōu | to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries |
| 分忧 | fēn yōu | to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties |
| 内忧外患 | nèi yōu wài huàn | internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad |
| 内忧外困 | nèi yōu wài kùn | internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad |
| 无忧无虑 | wú yōu wú lǜ | (idiom) carefree; without worries |
| 报忧 | bào yōu | to report bad news; to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster |
| 忧思 | yōu sī | to be anxious and worried; agitated; pensive |
| 替古人担忧 | tì gǔ rén dān yōu | to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily; crying o… |
| 忘忧草 | wàng yōu cǎo | daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) |
| 丁忧 | dīng yōu | (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent |