Word Meaning 杞憂

きゆう kiyuu

杞憂 is read as きゆう (kiyuu) and means needless fear.

Meaning

English

  1. needless fear
  2. groundless apprehension
  3. unfounded worry

Reading

Kana

きゆう

Romaji

kiyuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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一喜一憂

いっきいちゆう

alternating between happiness and anxiety

同憂

どうゆう

sharing the same concern

内憂

ないゆう

internal troubles

外憂

がいゆう

external troubles

遠慮近憂

えんりょきんゆう

failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term

憂える

うれえる

to lament

憂き目

うきめ

bitter experience

憂国

ゆうこく

patriotic concern for the future of one's country

憂い

うれい

sorrow

憂慮

ゆうりょ

anxiety

内憂外患

ないゆうがいかん

troubles both at home and abroad

憂鬱

ゆううつ

depression