Chinese symbol for “grievous”
懮
yǒu
grievous; relaxed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grievous is 懮 (yǒu), defined as: grievous; relaxed.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 懮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懮虑 (懮慮) | yōu lǜ | (feel) anxiety; concern |
| 担懮 (擔懮) | dān yōu | worry; anxiety |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grievous”.
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.