鬱

Information about character(s)

Radical: 鬯
Radical Strokes: 10
Additional Strokes: 19
Total Strokes: 29
Simplified Form: 郁
Variants: 欝鬰

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yù
Cantonese: wat1
JapaneseKun: SHIGERU
JapaneseOn: UTSU
Korean: WUL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: luxuriant; dense, thick; moody

CE-Dict: dense (growth)/melancholy

Soothill: Dense, oppressive, anxious; translit. u (उ) sounds; cf. 郁, 優, 嗢, 殟, 烏.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.strongly fragrant
2.luxuriant; lush
3.gloomy; depressed

1.[Formal] fragrant
2.[Formal] luxuriant; lush
3.[Formal] gloomy; depressed

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: gloomy; lush; strongly fragrant

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《林部》鬱木叢生者。从林，𩰪省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【亥集上】【鬯字部】鬱
〔古文〕𦉚【唐韻】【廣韻】【集韻】【類篇】【韻會】𠀤紆物切，音罻。【說文】木叢生者。【詩·秦風】鬱彼北林。【傳】鬱，積也。【疏】鬱積而茂盛。　又【詩·豳風】六月食鬱及薁。【傳】棣屬。【陸璣疏】其樹高五六尺，其實大如李，色正赤，食之甘。　又【書·五子之歌】鬱陶乎予心。【疏】鬱陶，憤結積聚之意。　又【周禮·冬官考工記·鳧氏】鍾弇則鬱。【註】聲不舒揚。　又【禮·內則】鳥皫色而沙鳴鬱。【註】鬱，腐臭也。　又【左傳·昭二十九年】鬱湮不育。【註】鬱，滯也。　又【爾雅·釋言】鬱，氣也。【疏】謂鬱蒸之氣也。　又【廣雅】鬱，長也。　又【廣韻】鬱，幽也，悠思也。　又地名。【前漢·地理志】鬱林郡，故秦桂林郡，屬尉佗。　又水名。【山海經】鬱水出象郡。　又姓。【廣韻】出《姓苑》。【干祿字書】俗作欝。　又與𩰪通。【周禮·春官】鬱人和鬱鬯，以實彝而𨻰之。【註】鄭司農云：鬱，草名。十葉爲貫，百二十貫爲築，以煮之鐎中，停于祭前。鬱爲草若蘭。

CF-Dict: triste/mélancolique/stagnant/réprimé

Han-De-Dict: doof (u.E.)/schwermütig, Melancholie (u.E.) (S)/Yu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)