郁
(bound form) strongly fragrant
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,751 U+90C1
How 郁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “city”) + 有 (phonetic, yǒu)
How to remember it
depressed · Heisig RSH #2801
有 possess + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 有
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 有 (yǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有 sound component | yǒu | to have, to own, to possess; to exist |
| 鲔 | wěi | little tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus |
| 囿 | yòu | to limit, to constrain; pen, cell |
| 宥 | yòu | to forgive, to pardon, to indulge |
| 洧 | wěi | a river in Henan province |
| 侑 | yòu | help, assist, repay kindness |
| 迶 | yòu | to walk |
| 铕 | yǒu | europium |
Words containing 郁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郁南县 | Yù nán Xiàn | Yunan, a county in Yunfu City 雲浮市|云浮市[Yun2 fu2 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 郁金香 | yù jīn xiāng | tulip |
| 郁达夫 | Yù Dá fū | Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist |
| 郁郁不得志 | yù yù bù dé zhì | soured by the loss of one's hopes |
| 产后抑郁症 | chǎn hòu yì yù zhèng | postpartum depression |
| 郁南 | Yù nán | see 鬱南縣|郁南县[Yu4 nan2 Xian4] |
| 郁郁不乐 | yù yù bù lè | discontented (idiom) |
| 抑郁不平 | yì yù bù píng | in a state of depression (idiom) |
| 郁江 | Yù jiāng | Yu River |
| 血郁 | xuè yù | (TCM) to have sluggish blood circulation |
| 产后抑郁 | chǎn hòu yì yù | postpartum depression |
| 郁结 | yù jié | to suffer from pent-up frustrations; mental knot; emotional issue |
| 阴郁 | yīn yù | (of skies or one's mood) gloomy |
| 抗忧郁药 | kàng yōu yù yào | antidepressant |
| 郁塞 | yù sè | constricted (feeling); pent-up; repressed |
| 积郁 | jī yù | (of gloomy thoughts etc) to smolder; to accumulate in one's mind; accumulated anxiety |
| 抗抑郁药 | kàng yì yù yào | antidepressant |
| 忧郁症 | yōu yù zhèng | (psychology) depression |
| 致郁 | zhì yù | (slang) depressing |
| 沉郁 | chén yù | melancholy; gloomy |