鬱
← →
gloom
On-Yomi: ウツ — Kun-Yomi: うっ.する、 しげ.る、 ふさ.ぐ
Koohii stories:
1) [mcbainpc] 26-4-2010(76): I'm depressed that this kanji has 29 strokes.
2) [NeoGlitch] 1-3-2012(49): In the middle of the GROVE you find a TIN CAN. There's a CROWN inside! You are very excited with your finding, but then a figure appears behind you: "Hey, gimme that kid!" You turn back and it's WOLVERINE, with a SHOVEL on his back and all COVERED IN rocksalt (#2866 鹵) "I found that crown in the rocksalt mines over there, so hand it over!" Unless you wanna die, you hand him the crown and he goes away. Then you SIT ON THE FLOOR, feeling impotent, and the SHAPE of your face becomes all GLOOMY ☹ (The 終 !).
3) [chibimizuno] 2-6-2011(22): A popular mnemonic device for this character is: リンカーンはアメリカンコーヒーを３杯飲んだ . Here's how it works: リンカーンは⇒林＋缶＋ワ アメリカンコーヒーを⇒米＋コ＋ヒ ３杯飲んだ⇒ノ＋ノ＋ノ .
4) [Katsuo] 3-11-2009(16): Note: 鬱 and 欝 depressed (#2856 欝) are variants. In such cases it may be easier to use the same keyword, calling the other kanji "keyword (alt)". 鬱 is the more common of the two and is in the new Joyo kanji list.
5) [thecite] 14-11-2009(8): Sulky: let the bottom left 鬯 (rock salt + spoon) = salt shaker: The kid in the restaurant is sulky when the salt shaker and can of coke spills all over his cardboard (wooden) birthday crown, creating a massively shaped sticky puddle all over the floor.