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yōu = y + ou1
to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning
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How to pronounce 憂

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ou1 final

In front of the outhouse.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

憂 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 憂 as component

yōu = y + ou1
harrow
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yōu = y + ou1
place name
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Words with 憂

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.

Sentences with 憂

憂 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yōu

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

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