郁郁 is also the simplified spelling of 鬱郁, 鬱鬱.
郁郁
Meanings
- 'to be refined with literary talents'
- 'to have an intense fragrance'
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Reading difference from Unihan
- 郁 has the reading yuk1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is juk1. Different syllable across these source readings.
- 郁 has the reading yuk1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is juk1. Different syllable across these source readings.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yu4 yu4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
adj · Etymology 1
- (literary) elegant; refined (of writing, culture, civilization, etc.)
- (literary) fragrant; sweet-smelling
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