憂い

うれい

sorrow

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Also a form of

Meanings

also 愁い

noun, esp. 愁い sorrow; grief; anguish; distress
esp. 憂い anxiety; worry; trouble; affliction; fear; misgivings

うい

i-adjective, formal unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic; bitter

Its kanji

憂ユウ · うれ.える、うれ.い、う.い、う.き melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy

In sentences

憂うれいの反面はんめんには喜よろこびがあるものだ。 Every cloud has a silver lining. #79270