Entry
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    languid; weary; listless; melancholy

    そして、どうすることも出来ない物憂さに、ふっとため息をつく。
    And then I breathe a sigh from melancholy in being unable to do anything about it.

Also written もの憂い【ものうい】懶い【ものうい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
ものもの-
On
ブツモツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy

Kun
うれ.えるうれ.いう.いう.き
On
ユウ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1625 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 55

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-2-13, 2-8-7SKIP code
4i12.1The Kanji Dictionary
1024.7, 1040.7Four corner code
3167deroo
6182Unicode hex code
1-45-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1971New Nelson (John Haig)
2145New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2664Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1357Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1842Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
616Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
663Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1627A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1518Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11170Morohashi
1871A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1032Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1073Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1319Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1763Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1829Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
800Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
624Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
you1Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level