忧郁 yōuyù▶ apesadumbrado

Stroke order

忧郁 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 忧 — 7 strokes
• 郁 — 8 strokes

Related words

• 后顾之忧Cualquier amenaza desde la retaguardia
• 无忧无虑Estar despreocupado; estar aliviado

忧郁 is pronounced yōuyù and means “apesadumbrado”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 忧郁 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.