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惆

chóu
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 disappointed; melancholy; dejected

Examples

独自站在雨中，他心中惆怅。
Dúzì zhàn zài yǔ zhōng, tā xīnzhōng chóu chàng.
Standing alone in the rain, his heart filled with melancholy.
读了旧信，她惆怅了很久。
Dú le jiù xìn, tā chóu chàng le hěnjiǔ.
Reading the old letter left her feeling melancholy for a long time.

Tips

usage
Nearly always used in the bound compound 惆怅 (wistful, melancholy) — a literary, written-tone word for quiet disappointment or vague sadness, not the everyday 难过.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart (left-side radical)
The upright heart radical 忄, the left-side form of 心. It marks 惆 as a feeling — melancholy — alongside 怅 and 怆.
phonetic
周 zhōu
circuit; all-around (phonetic)
The right side 周 supplies the sound (zhōu drifting to chóu). The same phonetic gives chóu in 稠 'dense' and 绸 'silk', a clear chóu sound pattern.

Stroke Order

惆 chóu