鬱

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鬱 (Kangxi radical 192, 鬯+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 木木月山竹 (DDBUH), four-corner 4472₂, composition ⿳⿲木缶木冖⿰鬯彡)

• 灪, 爩, 䖇, 𡯀, 𡿥, 𡿥, 𢺴, 𥘄, 𤓮, 𪓊

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45671
• Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 858, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9B31

Historical forms of the character 鬱
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Originally ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : A person 大 (now 缶) stepping on another 勹 (now 冖) in a forest 林 – melancholy; depression. The later inclusion of 鬯 (“aromatic wine”) is because 鬱 was borrowed to represent fragrant herbs or wine flavored with vanilla (“tulip”). 彡 are simply decorative strokes.

鬱

1. lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick

   蔥鬱／葱郁  ―  cōngyù  ―  verdant

2. depressed; gloomy; moody

   憂鬱／忧郁  ―  yōuyù  ―  depressed

3. to gather; to build up; to stagnate; to become stagnant

   鬱結／郁结  ―  yùjié  ―  to be pent up

   鬱熱／郁热  ―  yùrè  ―  hot and suffocating

4. to begrudge; to resent; to feel aggrieved
5. various; abundant; profuse
6. deep; obscure; profound
7. melancholy; depression
8. hot air (rising); steam
9. a kind of plum
10. name of a god
11. tall and big
12. putrid; putrefied
13. tulip; fragrant grass

    alt. forms: 𩰪 (yù), 䖇 (yù)

14. (～水) name for a branch of the Pearl River, including the You River, Yu River and the Xun River in Guangxi, as well as the Xi River downstream in Guangdong
15. (～郡) name of an ancient Chinese prefecture
16. (Hokkien) to suppress one's feelings; to hold back one's emotions (of worry, anger, etc.)

    心事無人知，我鬱甲真艱苦的。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    心事无人知，我郁甲真艰苦的。 [Hokkien, simp.]

    Sim-sū bô lâng chai, góa ut kah chin kan-khó͘ ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    No one know's the stuff that's weighing on my mind, and I've been suppressing to the point of having a difficult time.

17. (Hokkien) to bend; to coil; to twist

    鐵板予伊鬱彎。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    铁板予伊郁弯。 [Hokkien, simp.]

    Thih-pán hō͘ i ut oan. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    Bend the iron plate.

    竹仔鬱予伊曲。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    竹仔郁予伊曲。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

    Tek-á ut hō͘ i khiau. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    Coil the bamboo to make it bent.

18. (Hokkien) to curl up; to roll up

    伊規日鬱佇厝內。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    伊规日郁伫厝内。 [Hokkien, simp.]

    I kui-li̍t ut tī chhù-lāi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    He's curled up at home all day.

19. (Mainland China Hokkien) to cause someone to feel wronged

    伊予人拗鬱去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    伊予人拗郁去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

    I hō͘ lâng áu-ut khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    He has been wronged by someone.

    伊佇恁遐鬱甲真艱難。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    伊伫恁遐郁甲真艰难。 [Hokkien, simp.]

    I tī lín hiâ ut kah chin kan-lân. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    He was wronged by your side and is having a really hard time.

20. (Mainland China Hokkien) to constrain oneself to work

    一日鬱咧寫，若無運動運動，人會激病。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    一日郁咧写，若无运动运动，人会激病。 [Hokkien, simp.]

    Chi̍t-li̍t ut leh siá, nā bô ūn-tōng ūn-tōng, lâng ē kek pīⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    If someone doesn't exercise and just works on writing all day, they'll get sick.

21. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to restrain; to hold back; to constrain

    鬱死人的才調 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    郁死人的才调 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

    ut sí lâng ê châi-tiāu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    to restrain someone's ability

22. a surname

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 欝)

1. depression, gloom, melancholy

• Go-on: うち (uchi)
• Kan-on: うつ (utsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: こもる (komoru, 鬱る)、しげる (shigeru, 鬱る)、ふさがる (fusagaru, 鬱がる)、ふさぐ (fusagu, 鬱ぐ)
• Nanori: しげる (shigeru)

鬱 has, at 29 strokes, the most strokes of any kanji in the jōyō kanji list or kanji kentei level 2.^[1] The next highest kanji in the jōyō list is 鑑, at 23 strokes.

Prior to the Japanese script reform, this character was handwritten as 欝 using 25 strokes, similar to how "令" is often written differently in handwriting. However, after the reform, the character was excluded from the official lists. In 2010, only the print form was included in the new jōyō kanji list, and it is today taught to be written like the print form instead of like 欝 .

From Middle Chinese 鬱 (MC 'jut).

• (Tokyo) うつ (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

鬱(うつ) • (utsu) -na (adnominal 鬱(うつ)な (utsu na), adverbial 鬱(うつ)に (utsu ni))

1. depressing

   鬱(うつ)な曲(きょく)

   utsu na kyoku

   depressing song

2. depressed

   鬱(うつ)な気(き)分(ぶん)

   utsu na kibun

   gloomy mood

   鬱(うつ)になりそう

   utsu ni narisō

   to be almost depressed about something

鬱(うつ) • (utsu) 

1. (psychiatry) depression

   鬱(うつ)を克(こく)服(ふく)する

   utsu o kokufuku suru

   overcome depression

• 鬱(うつ)病(びょう) (utsubyō)

鬱(うつ) • (utsu) 

1. dense (growth); lush; luxuriant
2. accumulate; stagnate
3. depression; gloom; melancholy

• 㭗

From Middle Chinese 鬱 (MC 'jut).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

鬱

Wikisource

鬱 (eumhun 답답할 울 (dapdaphal ul))

1. hanja form^? of 울 (“stuffy; stifling; suffocating”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

鬱: Hán Nôm readings: uất

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