鬱

Glyph origin
Originally.

Now.

Definitions

 * 1) lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick
 * 2) depressed; gloomy; moody
 * 3) to gather; to build up; to stagnate; to become stagnant
 * 4) to begrudge; to resent; to feel aggrieved
 * 5) various; abundant; profuse
 * 6) deep; obscure; profound
 * 7) melancholy; depression
 * 8) hot air (rising); steam
 * 9) a kind of plum
 * 10) name of a god
 * 11) tall and big
 * 12) putrid; putrefied
 * 13) tulip; fragrant grass
 * 14)  name for a branch of the Pearl River, including the,  and the  in Guangxi, as well as the  downstream in Guangdong
 * 15)  name of an ancient Chinese prefecture
 * 16)  to suppress one's feelings; to hold back one's emotions
 * 17)  to bend; to coil; to twist
 * 18)  to curl up; to roll up
 * 19)  to cause someone to feel wronged
 * 20)  to constrain oneself to work
 * 21)  to restrain; to hold back; to constrain
 * 1)  to bend; to coil; to twist
 * 2)  to curl up; to roll up
 * 3)  to cause someone to feel wronged
 * 4)  to constrain oneself to work
 * 5)  to restrain; to hold back; to constrain
 * 1)  to cause someone to feel wronged
 * 2)  to constrain oneself to work
 * 3)  to restrain; to hold back; to constrain
 * 1)  to constrain oneself to work
 * 2)  to restrain; to hold back; to constrain
 * 1)  to restrain; to hold back; to constrain
 * 1)  to restrain; to hold back; to constrain

Kanji

 * 1) depression, gloom, melancholy

Trivia
鬱 has, at 29 strokes, the most strokes of any kanji in the jōyō kanji list or level 2. The next highest kanji in the jōyō list is, at 23 strokes.

Prior to the Japanese script reform, this character was handwritten as 欝 using 25 strokes, similar to how "令" is often written differently in handwriting. However, after the reform, the character was excluded from the official lists. In 2010, only the print form was included in the new jōyō kanji list, and it is today taught to be written like the print form instead of like 欝.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) depressing
 * 2) depressed
 * 1) depressed

Noun

 * 1)  depression

Affix

 * 1) dense (growth); lush; luxuriant
 * 2) accumulate; stagnate
 * 3) depression; gloom; melancholy

Etymology
From.