憂愁

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See also: 忧愁

Chinese

worried worry about
trad. (憂愁)
simp. (忧愁)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (20)
Final () (136) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'juw dzrjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨu/ /d͡ʒɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiu/ /ɖ͡ʐiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiəu/ /d͡ʒiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔuw/ /ɖ͡ʐuw/
Li
Rong
/ʔiu/ /d͡ʒiu/
Wang
Li
/ĭəu/ /d͡ʒĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ə̯u/ /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yōu chóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau1 cau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yōu chóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjuw › ‹ dzrjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔ(r)u/ /*riw/
English grief, grieved grieved

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15493 10550
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qu/ /*zrɯw/

Adjective

憂愁

  1. sad; worried; depressed

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (憂愁):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: S
しゅう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ゆう)(しゅう) (yūshūいうしう (iusiu)?-na (adnominal (ゆう)(しゅう) (yūshū na), adverbial (ゆう)(しゅう) (yūshū ni))

  1. sad; worried; depressed

Inflection

Noun

(ゆう)(しゅう) (yūshūいうしう (iusiu)?

  1. sorrow; worry; depression

Verb

(ゆう)(しゅう)する (yūshū suruいうしう (iusiu)?suru (stem (ゆう)(しゅう) (yūshū shi), past (ゆう)(しゅう)した (yūshū shita))

  1. to be depressed

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

憂愁 (usu) (hangeul 우수)

  1. hanja form? of 우수 (sorrow; worry; depression)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

憂愁

  1. chữ Hán form of ưu sầu (sad; worried; depressed).

Noun

憂愁

  1. chữ Hán form of ưu sầu (sorrow; worry; depression).