What does kanji 鬱 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鬱 is gloom.

How is kanji 鬱 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鬱 are うっ.する, ふさ.ぐ, しげ.る; the onyomi readings are ウツ.

What is the main radical of kanji 鬱?

The main radical for kanji 鬱 is 鬯.

What words use kanji 鬱?

Example words that use kanji 鬱 include 鬱陶しい, うつ病, 鬱, うっ血.

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鬱

Meaning

Kanji 鬱

gloom

gloom, depression, melancholy, luxuriant

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: うっ.するふさ.ぐしげ.る
Onyomi 音読み: ウツ
Nanori 名乗り: しげる

Variant: 欝 (Itaiji) , 鬰 (Itaiji) , 欎 (Itaiji) • Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 29
Radical: 鬯
Components: 冖 • 匕 • 彡 • 凵 • 木 • 缶 • 鬯
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 34 common entries

Showing 34 of 47 entries that include this kanji.

鬱陶しい

うっとうしい

gloomy (e.g. mood)

うつ病

うつびょう

depression

鬱

うつ

luxuriant (of vegetation)

うっ血

うっけつ

congestion (of blood)

うつ状態

うつじょうたい

depressive state (e.g. of manic depression)

うっ滞

うったい

pent-up feelings

ふさぎ込む

ふさぎこむ

to mope

鬱々

うつうつ

gloomy

鬱ぐ

ふさぐ

to feel depressed

鬱を散じる

うつをさんじる

to chase one's gloom away

鬱気

うっき

gloomy

鬱金

うこん

turmeric (Curcuma domestica)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は長いあいだ鬱の症状に苦しんでいた。

He had suffered from symptoms of depression for a long time.

雨の日が続くと、気分が少し鬱になる。

When rainy days continue, I start to feel a little gloomy.

その小説には鬱々とした空気が流れている。

That novel is filled with a gloomy, oppressive atmosphere.

彼女は鬱屈した思いを日記に書きつけた。

She wrote her pent-up melancholy in her diary.

谷あいには鬱蒼とした森が広がっている。

A luxuriant forest stretches across the valley.

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