愁 — kanji meaning “distress”
愁
distress, grieve, lament, be anxious
- Meanings
- distress, grieve, lament, be anxious
- On'yomi
- シュウ (shuu)
- Kun'yomi
- うれ.える、うれ.い
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2171 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- chóu — Chinese character page
Words with 愁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哀愁 | あいしゅう aishuu | pathos; sorrow; grief |
| 郷愁 | きょうしゅう kyoushuu | nostalgia; homesickness |
| 愁傷 | しゅうしょう shuushou | grief; sorrow |
| 愁訴 | しゅうそ shuuso | complaint (of pain, suffering, etc.); appeal |
| 憂愁 | ゆうしゅう yuushuu | melancholy; gloom; grief |
| 旅愁 | りょしゅう ryoshuu | loneliness on a journey |
| 春愁 | しゅんしゅう shunshuu | spring depression |
| 愁眉 | しゅうび shuubi | worried look; melancholy air |
| 悲愁 | ひしゅう hishuu | grief |
| 愁色 | しゅうしょく shuushoku | worried look |
| 愁然 | しゅうぜん shuuzen | sorrowfully |
| 愁嘆 | しゅうたん shuutan | lamentation; sorrow; grief |
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