Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鬱

鬱

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Meaning gloom, melancholy, depression

Pronunciation

UTSU

Explanation

Top: tree 木, container/jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), tree 木; below: lid 冖, var. of disaster/bad luck 凶, seated Person 匕, three hairs 彡

Mnemonic
 
A container between two trees covers an unlucky person with three hairs who became depressed. (or simply: Such a kanji makes me depressed.)

Radicals

木 tree
彡 hairThe radical sanzukuri shows three hair.
凶 bad luckThe container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.
缶 container, can
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 Vocabulary

憂鬱 ゆううつ  depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom

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