忧
yōu HSK6

sad

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Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 尤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憂.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

尤
尤 Sound component
yóu especially

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷɯs

說文解字

《說文》：“忧，不動也。从心，尤聲。讀若祐。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)