忧郁 (yōu yù)

Character breakdown

• 忧 (yōu) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 尤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憂.

• 郁 (yù) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 有 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鬱.