yōu

to worry

to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning

heart (忄) + phonetic (尤) = worry and sorrow

The heart radical anchors the meaning: a mind weighed down by worry or grief. 尤 lends the sound yōu and does not add meaning here.

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HeartSemantic

她脸上带着一丝愁。

tā liǎn shàng dài zhe yī sī yōu chóu。

She had a trace of sorrow on her face.

他为家人的健康感到虑。

tā wèi jiā rén de jiàn kāng gǎn dào yōu lǜ。

He felt worried about his family members' health.

Words with 忧

隐忧

yǐn yōu

secret concern

饱经忧患

bǎo jīng yōu huàn

having experienced much suffering

高枕无忧

gāo zhěn wú yōu

to sleep peacefully (idiom)

一则以喜,一则以忧

yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu

happy on the one hand, but worried on the other

丁忧

dīng yōu

(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

人无远虑,必有近忧

rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu

He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).

先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐

xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè

to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1])

内忧外困

nèi yōu wài kùn

internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad

内忧外患

nèi yōu wài huàn

internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad

分忧

fēn yōu

to share tribulations

喜忧参半

xǐ yōu cān bàn

to have mixed feelings (about sth)

堪忧

kān yōu

worrying

More characters with 忄