愁

distress, grieve, lament, be anxious

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

うれ.いうれ.える

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:N1

Frequency:2171

Vocabulary

シュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
郷愁	キョウシュウ	nostalgia; homesickness
哀愁	アイシュウ	pathos; sorrow; grief
愁傷	シュウショウ	grief; sorrow
愁訴	シュウソ	complaint (of pain, suffering, etc.); appeal
憂愁	ユウシュウ	melancholy; gloom; grief

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
愁える	うれえる	to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
愁い	うれい	sorrow; grief; anguish; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; affliction; fear; misgivings
愁い顔	うれいがお	sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
ご愁傷様でございます	ごしゅうしょうさまでございます	my condolences
愁嘆場	しゅうたんば	tragic scene (moving one to tears); heartrending scene; pathetic scene

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

permanence, distant, long time, leisure

secret, conceal

calm, quiet, moderation

shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into

ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)

second (1/60 minute)

beguile, delusion, perplexity

romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling