1. 忧
  2. 愁

忧

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Meta:

  1. 忧 is the 1459th most frequent character.
  2. 忧 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 忧 appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. 忧 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
忧 => 忄, 尤
Radical :
忧 => 忄 (heart), 尢 (lame), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
忧 => 丨, 八, 𠂇, 乚, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. you1 - to worry/to concern oneself with/worried/anxiety/sorrow/a parent's funeral/inconvenienced by being orphaned

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 忧 (you1): The component 尤 is pronounced as 'you2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

忧伤 (憂傷)
忧郁 (憂鬱)

Medium Frequency

忧 (憂)
忧心 (憂心)
忧患 (憂患)
忧愁 (憂愁)
忧虑 (憂慮)
忧郁症 (憂鬱症)
担忧 (擔憂)
无忧无虑 (無憂無慮)

愁

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Meta:

  1. 愁 is the 2109th most frequent character.
  2. 愁 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 愁 appears as a character in 17 words.
  4. 愁 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
愁 => 秋, 心
Radical :
愁 => 禾 (grain), 火 (fire), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
愁 => ㇒, 一, 丨, 八, 丿, 丶, 冫, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. chou2 - to worry about

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

愁 

Medium Frequency

哀愁 
多愁善感 
忧愁 (憂愁)
发愁 (發愁)
乡愁 (鄉愁)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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