Chinese symbol for “apprehension”
忧惧
yōu jù
Traditional: 憂懼
apprehension; apprehensive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for apprehension is 忧惧 (yōu jù), defined as: apprehension; apprehensive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “apprehension”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 忧惧.
| 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 |
| 恐惧 (恐懼) | kǒng jù | fear; dread; to fear; to dread |
| 畏惧 (畏懼) | wèi jù | to fear; to dread |
See also: Japanese symbol for “apprehension”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.