What does the kanji 鬱 mean?

gloom, depression, melancholy, luxuriant

How is the kanji 鬱 read?

ウツ (Utsu); うっ.する (Ussuru); ふさ.ぐ (Fusagu); しげ.る (Shigeru)

鬱

Ussuruうっする

gloom

Utsuうつ

Examples

憂鬱ゆううつdepression

鬱陶しいうっとうしいgloomy (e.g. mood)

鬱 (Ussuru) is a jōyō kanji meaning “gloom, depression, melancholy”. It is taught in secondary school and written in 29 strokes.