郁
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yù · melancholy

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8Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 郁

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yùWords pronounced yù
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Example sentences

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Tā yì yù le.她抑郁了。

She's in a depression.

Source: Tatoeba #9958155 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yīn wèi tā yǒu yōu yù zhèng, suǒ yǐ bù guǎn nǐ shuō shén me tā dōu huì bèi wú zuì shì fàng.因为他有忧郁症,所以不管你说什么他都会被无罪释放。

It doesn’t matter what you say, he’ll be acquitted because of depression.

Source: Tatoeba #8743778 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ jiā hòu miàn nà xiē niú zhī chī yù jīn xiāng.我家后面那些牛只吃郁金香。

The cows behind my house only eat tulips.

Source: Tatoeba #388522 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yù jīn xiāng jiāng hěn kuài shèng kāi.郁金香将很快盛开。

Tulips will be in flower soon.

Source: Tatoeba #8616041 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà xiē yù jīn xiāng hěn měi lì.那些郁金香很美丽。

Those tulips are beautiful.

Source: Tatoeba #4147301 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yù tíng gēn nán péng yǒu fēn shǒu hòu, zhěng gè rén biàn kāi lǎng le.郁婷跟男朋友分手後,整個人變開朗了。

Yu-ting's so much brighter after breaking up with her boyfriend.

Source: Tatoeba #13523790 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 郁 in context

  1. Say yù, then recall the core meaning: melancholy.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 浓郁 (nóng yù), meaning “rich”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 郁 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.