Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 憂
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憂 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
grief, sorrow, trouble, fear |
Pronunciation |
YŪ
urei/eru, ui |
Explanation |
Variation of love 愛 (A hand reaching down 爫 to cover 冖 the heart 心 of the person sitting cross-legged 夂: That is love.) with head/forehead 頁 instead of a hand reaching downwards 爫 |
Mnemonic
| If you have love in your head, then you have sorrow and perhaps grief. |
Radicals
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頁
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(fore-)head, page | (The radical oogai stands for (fore-)head and is at the right side of the kanji. Also this character 首 is used for: head.) |
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愛
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love | |
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心
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heart | (Image of a heart with coronary arteries.) |
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夂
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crossed legs | (This radical is understood as sitting with crossed legs or upturned foot.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 憂鬱 |
ゆううつ |
depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom |
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