怫

fú
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) depressed; downcast
  2. 2 angry; in a rage (in 怫然)

Examples

HSK 5
我怫然而怒。
Wǒ fúrán ér nù.
I flew into a rage.

Tips

history
Not used alone in modern Chinese; it survives in the classical binome 怫然 (suddenly furious) and 怫郁 (gloomy, oppressed). The right side 弗 is the phonetic, also seen in 佛 and 拂.
register
Classical only; modern speech uses 生气 for anger and 郁闷 for being depressed.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; feeling
The upright heart radical 忄 is 心 in left-side form. It marks 怫 as a state of mind - pent-up gloom that flares into anger.
phonetic
弗 fú
not (phonetic)
On the right, 弗 supplies the sound; it heads the phonetic family behind 佛, 拂 and 沸, and adds no meaning here.

Stroke Order

怫 fú