忧

See also: 憂

忧 U+5FE7, 忧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FE7 ← 忦 [U+5FE6] CJK Unified Ideographs 忨 → [U+5FE8]

Translingual

Han character

忧 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心戈大山 (PIKU), composition ⿰忄尤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 377, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10362
• Dae Jaweon: page 705, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2276, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5FE7

Chinese

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
尤	*ɢʷɯ
疣	*ɢʷɯ
肬	*ɢʷɯ
沋	*ɢʷɯ
訧	*ɢʷɯ
忧	*ɢʷɯs
蚘	*ɢʷɯː

Characters in the same phonetic series (尤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷɯs): semantic 心 + phonetic 尤 (OC *ɢʷɯ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 忧 – see 憂 (“sad; grieved; grief; melancholy”). (This character is the simplified form of 憂).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		忧

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	忧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于救切
Baxter	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	忧
Reading #	1/1
No.	15508
Phonetic component	尤
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

忧

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) heartbeat
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to not move