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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)
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Common readings
On
   ウツ
Additional readings
Kun    うっする   ふさぐ   しげる
Variants
𩰪 (not in most fonts)  
Notes
29 strokes - most in the joyo kanji!
Components
⿱  ⿻  林 wood; trees  缶 can  ⿵  冖 cover; covered  ⿰  鬯 fragrant herbs  彡 fur  
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Most useful words by reading
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
ゆ う う つ 0
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom
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ウツ (read as うっ) : 14 words FIND ALL
う っ と う し い 5
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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ふさぐ : 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.
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Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 1963  Key to Kanji: - 

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鬱
ウツ    depression, gloom, melancholy   
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林
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
缶
カン    can   
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鬯
fragrant herbs
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凵
open box
匕
さじ spoon   
冖
cover; covered   
彡
fur, bristles, beard   
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