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愁 = 秋 + 心

愁 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “distress”. It is built from 秋 (autumn) and 心 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 967.

Keyword
distress
RTK frame
967
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うれ.える, うれ.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бедствие
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
愁 anxiety

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 秋 autumn
  2. 心 heart

How to find 愁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “autumn” + “heart”. 愁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 愁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.