郁 (yù): (bound form) strongly fragrant, (bound form) (of vegetation) lush, luxuriant, (bound form) melancholy, depressed
郁 (yù) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) strongly fragrant.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 有 (phonetic) and 阝 (semantic). It ranks #1893 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 郁 city. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- (bound form) strongly fragrant
- (bound form) (of vegetation) lush
- luxuriant
- (bound form) melancholy
- depressed
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郁闷adjective | yù mèn | gloomy |
| 抑郁adjective | yì yù | depressed |
| 忧郁adjective | yōu yù | sullen |
| 抑郁症noun | yì yù zhèng | clinical depression |
| 阴郁adjective | yīn yù | (of skies or one's mood) gloomy |
| 郁金香noun | yù jīn xiāng | tulip |
| 浓郁adjective | nóng yù | rich |
| 沉郁adjective | chén yù | melancholy |
| 葱郁adjective | cōng yù | verdant |
| 郁结verb | yù jié | to suffer from pent-up frustrations |
| 郁郁葱葱adjective | yù yù cōng cōng | (idiom) (of plants) verdant |
| 郁达夫 | yù dá fū | Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist |
| 郁郁不得志phrase | yù yù bù dé zhì | soured by the loss of one's hopes |
| 抑郁不平 | yì yù bù píng | in a state of depression (idiom) |
| 产后抑郁noun | chǎn hòu yì yù | postpartum depression |
郁 appears in 33 compound words: 39 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 郁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
郁字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
yù zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "郁" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
阮政峰离开效力14年TVB 惊抑郁所以向外闯
阮 zhèng fēng lí kāi xiào lì 1 4 nián T V B jīng yì yù suǒ yǐ xiàng wài chuǎng
Yuen Ching-fung leaves TVB after 14 years, seeking new opportunities due to depression
妇科白斑怎么治疗才能彻底根除?焦虑抑郁会加重瘙痒感吗
fù kē bái bān zěn má zhì liáo cái néng chè de gēn chú ? jiāo lǜ yì yù huì jiā chóng 瘙 yǎng gǎn ma
How can vaginal leukoplakia be completely cured? Can anxiety and depression make the itching worse?
动起来!年味更浓郁_光明网
dòng qǐ lái ! nián wèi gēng nóng yù guāng míng wǎng
Get moving! The New Year's flavor is stronger_Guangming.com
朴赞郁出任坎城影展评审团主席 成影史首位韩籍主...
pǔ zàn yù chū rèn kǎn chéng yǐng zhǎn píng shěn tuán zhǔ xí chéng yǐng shǐ shǒu wèi hán jí zhǔ . . .
Park Chan-wook became the chairman of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Korean director in the history of the film...
东方日报C1:倪乐琳幸保财色 心郁改名转运
dōng fāng rì bào C 1 : 倪 lè 琳 xìng bǎo cái sè xīn yù gǎi míng zhuǎn yùn
Oriental Daily C1: Ni Lelin is lucky to protect her wealth and change her name to transfer
牛群在郁郁葱葱的草地上缓缓移动着。
Niúqún zài yùyù-cōngcōng de cǎodì shàng huǎnhuǎn yídòng zhe.
The cows were moving very slowly through the long green grass.
郁金香很快将盛开。
Yùjīnxiāng hěn kuài jiāng shèngkāi.
Tulips will bloom soon.
她偶尔有忧郁的心情。
Tā ǒu'ěr yǒu yōuyù de xīnqíng.
She sometimes gets depressed.
我家后面那些牛只吃郁金香。
Wǒ jiā hòumiàn nàxiē niúzhī chī yùjīnxiāng.
The cows behind my house only eat tulips.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 阝 (city) component
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