愁
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to worry about
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,022 U+6101
How 愁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “heart”) + 秋 (phonetic, qiū)
How to remember it
gloomy · Heisig RSH #769
秋 autumn + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 秋
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 秋 (qiū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秋 sound component | qiū | autumn, fall; year |
| 揪 | jiū | to pinch, to grasp |
| 瞅 | chǒu | to see, to look at, to gaze at |
| 锹 | qiāo | shovel |
| 啾 | jiū | the wailing of a child |
| 楸 | qiū | Mallotus japonicus |
| 鳅 | qiū | loach |
| 鹙 | qiū | waterfowl; Garrulus glandarius |
| 愀 | qiǎo | anxious; blushing; to change one's countenance |
| 湫 | jiǎo | marsh, swamp, small pond |
| 鬏 | jiū | coiffure, topknot |
Words containing 愁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多愁多病 | duō chóu duō bìng | much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly |
| 面带愁容 | miàn dài chóu róng | with a sad air; looking melancholy; with a worried look |
| 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 | shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu | (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's … |
| 多愁善感 | duō chóu shàn gǎn | (idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy |
| 怎一个愁字了得 | zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé | (last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 … |
| 皇帝女儿不愁嫁 | huáng dì nǚ ér bù chóu jià | lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom)… |
| 债多不愁 | zhài duō bù chóu | (lit.) when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom); (fig.) to be p… |
| 愁眉不展 | chóu méi bù zhǎn | with a worried frown |
| 愁肠百结 | chóu cháng bǎi jié | hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety |
| 愁眉苦脸 | chóu méi kǔ liǎn | to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable |
| 新愁旧恨 | xīn chóu jiù hèn | new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new |
| 旧愁新恨 | jiù chóu xīn hèn | old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new |
| 发愁 | fā chóu | to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad |
| 绿惨红愁 | lǜ cǎn hóng chóu | (of women) grieved appearance (idiom); sorrowful mien |
| 解愁 | jiě chóu | to relieve melancholy |
| 消愁解闷 | xiāo chóu jiě mèn | lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom; to dispel d… |
| 愁苦 | chóu kǔ | anxiety; distress |
| 离愁 | lí chóu | parting sorrow; pain of separation |
| 乡愁 | xiāng chóu | homesickness; nostalgia |
| 犯愁 | fàn chóu | to worry; to be anxious |