愁 — Chinese character
愁
chóu
anxious, worried
- Pinyin
- chóu
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 秋 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 秋
- Japanese
- 愁 as a kanji
Common words with 愁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忧愁 (憂愁) | yōu chóu | to be worried |
| 发愁 (發愁) | fā chóu | to worry; to fret |
| 乡愁 (鄉愁) | xiāng chóu | homesickness; nostalgia |
| 哀愁 | āi chóu | sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful |
| 多愁善感 | duō chóu shàn gǎn | (idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy |
| 愁眉苦脸 (愁眉苦臉) | chóu méi kǔ liǎn | to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable |
| 愁眉不展 | chóu méi bù zhǎn | with a worried frown |
| 离愁 (離愁) | lí chóu | parting sorrow; pain of separation |
| 愁苦 | chóu kǔ | anxiety; distress |
| 犯愁 | fàn chóu | to worry; to be anxious |
| 借酒浇愁 (借酒澆愁) | jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu | (idiom) to drown one's sorrows |
| 愁绪 (愁緒) | chóu xù | melancholy |
English words written with 愁
愁 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 7
- Hexagram 35
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
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