鬱鬱

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See also: 郁郁 and 鬱郁

Chinese

dense (growth); melancholy dense (growth); melancholy
trad. (鬱鬱/郁郁*) / /
simp. (郁郁*)
alternative forms 蔚蔚

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (60)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨut̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiut̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuət̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔut̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuət̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭuət̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯uət̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wat1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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. * 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
No. 16057
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qud/

Adjective

鬱鬱

  1. (literary) lush; luxuriant
  2. (literary) depressed; melancholic

Synonyms

  • (depressed):

Derived terms