| Chinese Text Project |
| 憂 U+6182 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 忧 Simplified character | 懮 Specialized semantic variant | 𠪍 Semantic variant | 𨗫 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 心+ 11 strokes = 15 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.202#33 Kangxi: p.401#26 Cihai: p.543r1c06 GSR: 1071.a Hanyu: v4,p2341#14 |
| Composition: | Component of: 優 鄾 𢋣 𭐰 𭒩 𢖒 嚘 懮 擾 瀀 獶 櫌 㱊 𢥀 𤛾 𥜚 𧀥 瓇 𭼵 𥣯 [More] |
| Mandarin: | yōu ㄧㄡ |
| Cantonese: | jau1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *qiou |
| Shuowen: | 《夊部》憂：和之行也。从夊𢚧聲。《詩》曰：「布政憂憂。」 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·尤·憂》憂：愁也，又姓出姓苑。於求切，十七。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·十一》憂：〔古文〕𠪍𨗫《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》於求切《正韻》於尤切。本作𢝊。今作憂。《說文》愁也。《爾雅·釋詁》思也。《疏》憂者。愁思也。《書·洪範》六極，三曰憂。又疾也。《禮·曲禮》某有負薪之憂。《註》憂或爲疾。又幽也。《易·乾卦》憂則違之。《註》謂時當幽隱也。又辱也。《易·繫辭》小人道憂也。又居喪曰憂。《書·說命》王宅憂。又孕病曰憂。《晉語》文王在母不憂。又人憂則頭低垂。《禮·曲禮》下于帶則憂。《註》憂則低也。又幽憂曰癙憂。《詩·小雅》癙憂以痒。《周禮·春官·大宗伯》以凶禮哀邦國之憂。又姓。出《姓苑》。又《韻會》烏侯切，音謳。義同。《集韻》作㥑。又《集韻》《韻會》𠀤於救切。《集韻》慮也。詩序，百姓見憂。徐邈讀。又叶於希切，音衣。《易林》不見叔姫，使伯心憂。又叶衣虛切，音於。《易林》出入休居，安止無憂。《黃庭經》三神之樂由隱居，倏忽遊遨無遺憂。又叶伊姚切，音妖。《三略》士可下而不可驕，將可樂而不可憂。又叶一笑切，音要。《詩·王風》我生之初，尚無造。我生之後，逢此百憂。又《唐風》揚之水，白石皓皓。素衣朱繡，從子于鵠。旣見君子，云何其憂。鵠，居號切。又叶於糾切，音黝。《晉語》商之衰也，其銘有之，曰：嗛嗛之德，不足就也。不可以矜而，祇取憂也。嗛嗛之食，不足狃也。不能爲膏而，祇離咎也。《集韻》本作𢝊，或作懮。《說文》从心从頁。頁，首也。心憂則髮白。又《字彙補》亦與𢖒同。《說文》憂和之行也。引《詩》布政憂憂。後人以𢝊愁之字从憂，遂以憂和之字从𢖒，浸失六書之原矣。 |
| Fanqie: | 於求 (《廣韻·下平聲·尤·憂》) |
| Unihan definition: | sad, grieved; grief, melancholy |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「父母唯其疾之憂。」 |
| The Master said, "Parents are anxious lest their children should be sick." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 人能無以飢渴之害為心害，則不及人不為憂矣。 |
| If a man can prevent the evils of hunger and thirst from being any evils to his mind, he need not have any sorrow about not being equal to other men. | |
| 《禮記·表記》: | 國風曰：『心之憂矣，於我歸說。』 |
| It is said in the Lessons from the States (I, xiv, ode 1, 3), "I grieve; would they but lodge with me!" | |
| 《孝經·紀孝行》: | 子曰：「孝子之事親也，居則致其敬，養則致其樂，病則致其憂，喪則致其哀，祭則致其嚴。」 |
| The Master said, "The service which a filial son does to his parents is as follows: In his general conduct to them, he manifests the utmost reverence. In his nourishing of them, his endeavor is to give them the utmost pleasure. When they are ill, he feels the greatest anxiety. In mourning for them (dead), he exhibits every demonstration of grief. In sacrificing to them, he displays the utmost solemnity." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 人而不學，雖無憂，如禽何？ |
| As for people who do not study the Confucian Dao—even if they are without worries, are they not still like animals. | |
| 《墨子·七患》: | 仕者持2祿，游者愛佼3，君脩法討臣，臣懾而不敢拂，四患也。 |
| When the officials value only their salaries, and the sophists only friendship, and when the subordinates dare not remonstrate against the laws the ruler has made for persecution, this is the fourth worry. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 今子有五石之瓠，何不慮以為大樽而浮乎江湖，而憂其瓠落無所容？ |
| Now you, Sir, had calabashes large enough to hold five piculs; why did you not think of making large bottle-gourds of them, by means of which you could have floated over rivers and lakes, instead of giving yourself the sorrow of finding that they were useless for holding anything. | |
| 《道德經》: | 絕學無憂，唯之與阿，相去幾何？ |
| When we renounce learning we have no troubles. The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;' Small is the difference they display. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 今世主皆憂其國之危而兵之弱也，而強聽說者。 |
| Nowadays, the rulers of the world are all anxious over the perilous condition of their countries and the weakness of their armies, and they listen at all costs to the professional talkers: | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 堯又曰：「嗟，四嶽，湯湯洪水滔天，浩浩懷山襄陵，下民其憂，有能使治者？」 |
| He said further, 'Alas! O president of the four mountains, the waters of the flood rise up to heaven, and in their vast expanse encompass the mountains, and overtop the hills; the common people are troubled about it. Is there a capable man whom I could set to deal with the matter?' | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 君子進則益上之譽，而損下之憂。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 《詩》云：『未見君子，憂心惙惙，亦既見止，亦既覯止，我心則說。』 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 難者曰：《春秋》之法，卿不憂諸侯，政不在大夫。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 《詩》曰：「憂心悄悄，慍于群小。」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 不能選賢人善士而託身焉，以為己憂。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 蔡侯無罪而拘於楚，吳有憂中國心，興師伐楚，諸侯莫敢不至。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 禹嘗晝不暇食，夜不暇寢矣，方是時也，憂務故也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 上乃憂，曰：「為將奈何？」 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 故君子不恤年之將衰，而憂志之有倦 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 《詩》云：『憂心悄悄，慍于群小。』 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 君子憂道不憂貧。 |
| 《論衡·累害》: | 以方心偶俗之累，求益反損，蓋孔子所以憂心，孟軻所以惆悵也。 |
| 《太玄經·羡》: | 次五，孔道夷如，蹊路微如，大輿之憂。 |
| 《風俗通義·孝文帝》: | 單于深入寇掠，賊害北地都尉，殺略吏民，係虜老弱，驅畜產，燒積聚，候騎至甘泉，烽火通長安，京師震動，無不憂懣。 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 忽不知憂患與死也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 百姓上下睹利害之存乎己也，故肅恭其心，慎脩其行，內不忒惑，外無異望，慮其暏去徼倖，無罪過不憂懼，請謁無所聽，財賂無所用，則民志平矣。 |
| 《忠經·百工章》: | 既在其位，職思其憂。 |
| 《素書·安禮章》: | 務善策者無惡事，無遠慮者有近憂。 |
| 《新語·無為》: | 昔虞舜治天下，彈五絃之琴，歌《南風》之詩，寂若無治國之意，漠若無憂民之心，然天下治。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 是時奉公者欣然得志，邪枉者憂悸失色，未詳斯議，所因寖息。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 貧者士之常也，死者人之終也，處常得終，當何憂哉？ |
| 《鶡冠子·王鈇》: | 莫敢道一旦之善，皆以終身為期，素無失次，故化立而世無邪，化立俗成，少則同儕，長則同友，遊敖同品，祭祀同福，死生同愛，禍災同憂，居處同樂，行作同和，吊賀同雜，哭泣同哀。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 和陰陽，節四時，調五行，潤乎草木，浸乎金石，禽獸碩大，毫毛潤澤，鳥卵不敗，獸胎不殰，父無喪子之憂，兄無哭弟之哀，童子不孤，婦人不孀，虹蜺不見，盜賊不行，含德之所致也。 |
| 《文始真經·五鑑》: | 心蔽幽憂者，沉鬼攝之。 |
| 《鬻子·上禹政第六》: | 為銘於簨𧇽，曰：「教寡人以道者擊鼓，教寡人以義者擊鐘，教寡人以事者振鐸，語寡人以憂者擊磬，語寡人以獄訟者揮鞀。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 無憂。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 彼固亡國之形也，而不憂民萌。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 天有明，不憂人之暗也。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 稱貸之家皆齊首而稽顙曰：「君之憂萌至於此，請再以拜獻堂下。」 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 起進曰：「昔楚莊王嘗謀事，群臣莫能及，退朝而有憂色。」 |
| 《六韜·文師》: | 與人同憂同樂、同好同惡者，義也。 |
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