忧

yo̅u = y + ou1

to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning

忧 = 尤 + 忄 : Maud Younger (y) received a medal (尤) for her nice fail (忄) in front of the outhouse (ou1), but now she's worried (忧) that someone will steal her flail since now it is so famous.

忧 character breakdown

忧
- 尤
  - 丶
  - 尢
    - 一
    - 儿
      - 丿
      - 乚
- 忄

yóu = y + ou2

surname You

yóu = y + ou2

outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against

尤 = 丶 + 尢 : Maud Younger (y) receives a medal (mnemonic symbol for 尤) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) for her outstanding (尤) particularly large crutch (尢). The medal has the form of a petal leaf (丶).

xi̅n = xi + (e)n1

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.

Characters with 忧 as component

忧 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 忧

distressed / laden with grief

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

to have mixed feelings (about sth)

to share tribulations / to help sb with worries and difficulties

worrying / bleak

internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad

to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet

daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)

(literary) worried facial expression

to be anxious and worried / agitated / pensive

anxious / distressed / burdened with care

depressed / full of worries / feeling down

apprehension / apprehensive

worrying

worried to death (idiom)

,

happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)

(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

,

He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.

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The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]

internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad

Sentences with 忧

忧 currently does not appear in any sentence.