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郁

yù

HSK 6 Character

What 郁 means

1. bound formstrongly fragrant

Other readings

郁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yù(of vegetation) lush; luxuriant; melancholy; depressed
• Yùsurname Yu
• Yùsurname Yu
• yùvariant of {郁|yù}
• yùold variant of {郁|yù}

Example sentences

• 她抑郁了。
  Tā yìyù le.
  She's in a depression.
• 今天我很忧郁。
  Jīntiān wǒ hěn yōuyù.
  Today I feel melancholy.
• 那些郁金香很美丽。
  Nàxiē yùjīnxiāng hěn měilì.
  Those tulips are beautiful.
• 郁金香很快将盛开。
  Yùjīnxiāng hěn kuài jiāng shèngkāi.
  Tulips will be in flower soon.
• 郁金香将很快盛开。
  Yùjīnxiāng jiāng hěn kuài shèngkāi.
  Tulips will be in flower soon.
• 她偶尔有忧郁的心情。
  Tā ǒu'ěr yǒu yōuyù de xīnqíng.
  She sometimes gets depressed.

Words starting with 郁

• 郁闷yù mèngloomy; depressed
• 郁金香yù jīn xiāngtulip
• 郁郁葱葱yù yù cōng cōng(idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush
• 郁郁寡欢yù yù guǎ huān(idiom) depressed; cheerless
• 郁达夫Yù Dá fūYu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
• 郁塞yù sèconstricted (feeling); pent-up; repressed
• 郁江Yù jiāngYu River
• 郁结yù jiéto suffer from pent-up frustrations; mental knot; emotional issue
• 郁南县Yù nán XiànYunan, a county in Yunfu City 云浮市
• 郁郁不乐yù yù bù lèdiscontented (idiom)
• 郁郁不得志yù yù bù dé zhìsoured by the loss of one's hopes
• 郁卒yù zú(Taiwan) depressed and frustrated (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ut-tsut])
• 郁南Yù nánsee 郁南县

Words containing 郁

• 忧郁yōu yùsullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
• 浓郁nóng yùrich; strong; heavy (fragrance)
• 抑郁yì yùdepressed; despondent; gloomy
• 抑郁症yì yù zhèngclinical depression
• 阴郁yīn yù(of skies or one's mood) gloomy
• 忧郁症yōu yù zhèng(psychology) depression
• 沉郁chén yùmelancholy; gloomy
• 积郁jī yù(of gloomy thoughts etc) to smolder; to accumulate in one's mind; accumulated anxiety
• 致郁zhì yù(slang) depressing
• 血郁xuè yù(TCM) to have sluggish blood circulation
• 抑郁不平yì yù bù píngin a state of depression (idiom)
• 抗忧郁药kàng yōu yù yàoantidepressant
• 抗抑郁药kàng yì yù yàoantidepressant
• 产后抑郁chǎn hòu yì yùpostpartum depression
• 产后抑郁症chǎn hòu yì yù zhèngpostpartum depression
• 苍郁cāng yùverdant and luxuriant
• 葱郁cōng yùverdant; lush green and full of life
• 躁郁症zào yù zhèngbipolar disorder
• 躁狂抑郁症zào kuáng yì yù zhèngmanic depression
• 馥郁fù yùstrongly fragrant

Characters that look like 郁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 钡bèibarium (chemistry)
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 寓(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation