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鬱

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See also: 鬰, 欝, and 郁
鬱 U+9B31, 鬱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B31
← 鬰
[U+9B30] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鬲 →
[U+9B32]

Translingual

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Han character

鬱 (Kangxi radical 192, 鬯+19, 29 strokes, cangjie input 木木月山竹 (DDBUH), four-corner 44722, composition ⿳⿲木缶木冖⿰鬯彡)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1458, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1990, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 858, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9B31
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (鬱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 林 (“forest”) + 大 (“standing person”) + 勹 (“leaning person”) — people hiding in a lush forest. Later, an abbreviated 爵 (OC *ʔsewɢ) was added, leading to the current form.[字源 1]

References

  1. [字 1]
    于省吾 「釈（⿱林勹）」 『甲骨文字釈林』 中華書局、1979年、328-330頁。
    呉振武 「説“苞”“鬱”」 『中原文物』1990年第3期 第32—36頁。
    張世超、孫凌安、金国泰、馬如森 『金文形義通解』 中文出版社、1996年、1286-1289頁。
    季旭昇撰 『説文新証』 芸文印書館、2014年、433-434頁。
    王子楊 「甲骨文“鬱”的用法」 『文史』2016年第3輯 43-56頁。

Pronunciation

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Definitions

鬱

  1. lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick
    蔥鬱／葱郁  ―  cōngyù  ―  verdant
  2. depressed; gloomy; moody
    憂鬱／忧郁  ―  yōuyù  ―  depressed
  3. to gather; to build up; to stagnate; to become stagnant
    鬱結／郁结  ―  yùjié  ―  to be pent up
    鬱熱／郁热  ―  yùrè  ―  hot and suffocating
  4. to begrudge; to resent; to feel aggrieved
  5. various; abundant; profuse
  6. deep; obscure; profound
  7. melancholy; depression
  8. hot air (rising); steam
  9. a kind of plum
  10. name of a god
  11. tall and big
  12. putrid; putrefied
  13. tulip; fragrant grass
    alt. forms: 𩰪 (yù), 䖇 (yù)
  14. (～水) name for a branch of the Pearl River, including the You River, Yu River and the Xun River in Guangxi, as well as the Xi River downstream in Guangdong
  15. (～郡) name of an ancient Chinese prefecture
  16. (Hokkien) to suppress one's feelings; to hold back one's emotions (of worry, anger, etc.)
    心事無人知，我鬱甲真艱苦的。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    心事无人知，我郁甲真艰苦的。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Sim-sū bô lâng chai, góa ut kah chin kan-khó͘ ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    No one know's the stuff that's weighing on my mind, and I've been suppressing to the point of having a difficult time.
  17. (Hokkien) to bend; to coil; to twist
    鐵板予伊鬱彎。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    铁板予伊郁弯。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Thih-pán hō͘ i ut oan. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Bend the iron plate.
    竹仔鬱予伊曲。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    竹仔郁予伊曲。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    Tek-á ut hō͘ i khiau. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Coil the bamboo to make it bent.
  18. (Hokkien) to curl up; to roll up
    伊規日鬱佇厝內。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    伊规日郁伫厝内。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    I kui-li̍t ut tī chhù-lāi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He's curled up at home all day.
  19. (Mainland China Hokkien) to cause someone to feel wronged
    伊予人拗鬱去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    伊予人拗郁去。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    I hō͘ lâng áu-ut khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He has been wronged by someone.
    伊佇恁遐鬱甲真艱難。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    伊伫恁遐郁甲真艰难。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    I tī lín hiâ ut kah chin kan-lân. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    He was wronged by your side and is having a really hard time.
  20. (Mainland China Hokkien) to constrain oneself to work
    一日鬱咧寫，若無運動運動，人會激病。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    一日郁咧写，若无运动运动，人会激病。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Chi̍t-li̍t ut leh siá, nā bô ūn-tōng ūn-tōng, lâng ē kek pīⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    If someone doesn't exercise and just works on writing all day, they'll get sick.
  21. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to restrain; to hold back; to constrain
    鬱死人的才調 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    郁死人的才调 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    ut sí lâng ê châi-tiāu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    to restrain someone's ability
  22. a surname

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