# 愁 sorrow

秋 (fall) Same-ON + (bottomheart)
★☆☆☆☆
13 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

SHUU | Your SHOES are so wack it fills me with sorrow.

## Mnemonic

| When the season turns to fall, my heart is always full of sorrow.

## Kunyomi

うれ*い | melancholy- sorrowful - but more subtle than the OTHER うれい　（憂い）。 Regular urei is like a homeless guy that is obviously suffering and you can see why. 愁い is like a elegant woman in a kimono going to a temple and carrying with her a subtle poetic aura of sadness. Older Japanese guys go for this. ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

哀愁(あいしゅう) | melancholy ★☆☆☆☆ NP 哀 (pitiful) + 愁 (sorrow) = 哀愁 (melancholy) an archaic, literary word meaning, "melancholy, pathos, grief." (used about a novel, song, movie, or tone of voice, but not about a person).
郷愁(きょうしゅう) | nostalgia ☆☆☆☆☆ NP 郷 (one's hometown) + 愁 (sorrow) = 郷愁 (nostalgia) literary word for nostalgia (BOOBOO: most people just say 懐かしい　（なつかしい！）)

## Synonyms

nostalgia 懐かしい 郷愁
pathos, misery, pitifulness かわいいそうな 哀れな 惨めな 哀愁 心細い 悲惨な
sorrowful 憂い 愁い