忧 — Chinese character
忧
yōu
sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- Pinyin
- yōu
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 忄 尤
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 尤
- Traditional
- 憂
Common words with 忧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 担忧 (擔憂) | dān yōu | to worry; to be concerned |
| 忧虑 (憂慮) | yōu lǜ | to worry; anxiety (about) |
| 忧郁 (憂鬱) | yōu yù | sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected |
| 忧伤 (憂傷) | yōu shāng | distressed; laden with grief |
| 忧心 (憂心) | yōu xīn | concerned; worried |
| 忧愁 (憂愁) | yōu chóu | to be worried |
| 隐忧 (隱憂) | yǐn yōu | secret concern; private worry |
| 无忧无虑 (無憂無慮) | wú yōu wú lǜ | (idiom) carefree; without worries |
| 忧郁症 (憂鬱症) | yōu yù zhèng | (psychology) depression |
| 忧心忡忡 (憂心忡忡) | yōu xīn chōng chōng | deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom) |
| 后顾之忧 (後顧之憂) | hòu gù zhī yōu | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences |
| 堪忧 (堪憂) | kān yōu | worrying; bleak |
English words written with 忧
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.