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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yōu - to worry
- to concern oneself with
- worried
- anxiety
- sorrow
- (literary) to observe mourning

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,003 7,693 6,023

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Heart

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
忧郁 6 7 6,565 9,770 4,982
担忧 - 6 6,928 5,005 7,349
忧伤 - - 10,305 8,374 3,277
忧虑 - 8 12,060 8,868 10,395
- - 13,003 7,693 6,023
无忧无虑 6 8 15,076 22,906 11,266
忧愁 - 8 16,517 18,574 8,714
杞人忧天 - - 22,468 43,861 32,187
高枕无忧 - - 22,526 43,010 42,377
忧心忡忡 - - 24,038 22,646 34,038
忧心 - - 25,760 27,980 25,169
后顾之忧 6 9 33,388 17,993 34,440
喜忧参半 - - 36,922 45,588 40,719
烦忧 - - 42,149 52,440 25,183
分忧 - - 49,258 40,076 41,224
排忧解难 - - 49,401 25,167 47,360
堪忧 - - 64,342 28,824 22,657
报忧 - - 76,267 93,646 80,985
忧患 - - 91,191 39,931 31,287