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鬱 means 'depression'

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Strokes : 29    Frequency: 1803   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-32    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 25 words   Used in 47 words   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
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   ウツ
Kun    うっする   ふさ   しげ
29 strokes - most in the joyo kanji!
⿱  ⿻   wood; trees   can  ⿵   cover; covered  ⿰   fragrant herbs   fur  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鬱 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 鬱 is used 43 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ウツ : 27 words FIND ALL
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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom
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ウツ (read as うっ) : 14 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: うっとうしい
1. gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing  (often written with kana only)
2. irritating; troublesome  (often written with kana only)
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ふさ : 2 words FIND ALL
to feel depressed; to mope  (also written 塞ぐ)
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An additional 29 strokes - most in the joyo kanji! less common words include 鬱 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 1963  Key to Kanji:

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ウツ    depression, gloom, melancholy   
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リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
カン    can   
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fragrant herbs
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open box
さじ spoon   
cover; covered   
fur, bristles, beard   
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