鬱
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yù · melancholy

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29Total strokes

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Top-middle-bottomCharacter structure

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鬯Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 鬱

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Example sentences

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Tā ǒu ěr yǒu yōu yù de xīn qíng.她偶爾有憂鬱的心情。

She sometimes goes into a mood of depression.

Source: Tatoeba #908306 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ měi gè xīngqīyī dōu jué dé hěn yōu yù.我每個星期一都覺得很憂鬱。

I always feel blue on Mondays.

Source: Tatoeba #926697 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yǒu shí biàn dé xīn qíng yì yù.她有時變得心情抑鬱。

She sometimes goes into a mood of depression.

Source: Tatoeba #908308 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jīn tiān wǒ hěn yōu yù.今天我很憂鬱。

Today I'm feeling melancholic.

Source: Tatoeba #1508055 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yù jīn xiāng hěn kuài jiāng shèng kāi.鬱金香很快將盛開。

Tulips will be in flower soon.

Source: Tatoeba #832930 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Niú qún zài yù yù cōng cōng de cǎo dì shàng huǎn huǎn yí dòng zhù.牛群在鬱鬱蔥蔥的草地上緩緩移動著。

The cows were moving very slowly through the long green grass.

Source: Tatoeba #668854 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 鬱 in context

  1. Say yù, then recall the core meaning: melancholy.
  2. Write all 29 strokes while keeping the top-middle-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 鬱 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.