JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 愁: "distress, grieve, lament"
The kanji 愁 means "distress, grieve, lament, be anxious". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read シュウ in on'yomi and うれ.える, うれ.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うれ.えるうれ.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | distress, grieve, lament, be anxious |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2171 of 2,501 |
Common words with 愁
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 郷愁nostalgia; homesickness
- 哀愁pathos; sorrow; grief
- ご愁傷様my condolences
- 憂愁melancholy; gloom; grief
- 哀愁漂うsorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
- 愁嘆場tragic scene (moving one to tears); heartrending scene; pathetic scene
- 愁眉worried look; melancholy air
- 愁傷grief; sorrow
- 愁眉を開くto feel relieved
- 悲愁grief
- 愁然sorrowfully
- 旅愁loneliness on a journey
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