慛 (cuī) - To grieve, to be sorrowful & to urge, to press
慛 · cuī
To grieve, to be sorrowful;
to urge, to press;
to cause distress or anxiety.
To grieve, to be sorrowfulto urge, to pressto cause distress or anxiety.
Usage highlights
To grieveTo feel sorrowTo urge anxiouslyTo cause distressDeep sorrowAnxious urging
Usage & contexts
Examples
- He felt deep sorrow (慛伤).
- The news caused her grief (慛痛).
- They urged him to hurry (慛促).
- The situation caused anxiety (慛虑).
Collocations
- To grieve(慛伤)
- To feel sorrow(慛痛)
- To urge anxiously(慛促)
- To cause distress(慛虑)
- Deep sorrow(深慛)
- Anxious urging(慛迫)
Idioms
- Deeply grieved and anxious(慛伤忧虑)
- Urging with heartfelt concern(慛心敦促)
- Overwhelmed by sorrow(慛痛交加)
Cultural background
FAQ- This character appears in classical Chinese texts describing emotional states of grief and urgency.
- It combines the heart/mind radical (忄) with components suggesting催促 (to urge), creating a sense of anxious sorrow.
- While not common in modern usage, it preserves nuanced emotional expressions from literary Chinese.