Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
愁
Kangxi strokes: 13
Page 393, Entry 21
Pronounced chou.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Anxiety. Derived from the heart radical with qiu providing the sound.
Guangyun: Sorrow.
Zengyun: Concern.
Pronounced jiu.
Book of Rites, Meaning of the Village Drinking Ceremony (Liji Xiangyinjiuyi): The heart in autumn is the meaning of sorrow.
Commentary: Read as jiu.
Pronounced jiou. Same as you.
Shuowen: You, to gather. Sometimes written as chou.
Pronounced cao. Yang Xiong wrote about panlaochou.
Pronounced chao.
Daozang Ge (Daozang Ge): When the age of the cedrela tree is sufficient, will the past kalpas ever be long enough? With an illusory sword swung into the void, the base stagnant five spirits are in sorrow.
Sometimes written in a variant form.