迂
roundabout way
Readings
On'yomi
- ウ
Kun'yomi
—
Meaning
迂 centers on taking a path that is not direct: a roundabout way, a detour, or an indirect approach.
Most common words using 迂
- 迂回うかい
detour; circumvention
- 迂闊うかつ
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent; incautious
- 婉曲迂遠えんきょくうえん
being euphemistic and circumlocutory
- 迂叟うそう
I; me; my humble self
- 迂回ルーティングうかいルーティング
alternate, detour routing
- 迂回生産うかいせいさん
roundabout production
- 迂回貿易うかいぼうえき
commodity shunting; roundabout trade
- 迂回路うかいろ
detour; diversion; alternative route
- 迂愚うぐ
stupid; ignorant
- 迂拙うせつ
poor and careless way of living
- 迂曲うきょく
meandering; winding
- 迂生うせい
I; me; my humble self
- 迂言うげん
roundabout explanation
- 迂言法うげんほう
periphrasis
- 迂路うろ
detour; diversion
- 迂遠うえん
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; impractical; useless
- 迂闊千万うかつせんばん
very careless; quite thoughtless
- 障害迂回しょうがいうかい
fail-over; fault bypass
Study
Etymology
迂 combines 辶 (movement) with 于, which likely contributes the sound. The idea of indirect or roundabout movement is expressed by the movement radical paired with a phonetic component.
Meaning mnemonic
The movement radical 辶 wraps around 于, like a path that curves around an obstacle instead of going straight. Picture a road sign showing a detour arrow bending around a barrier.
Reading mnemonic
For ウ, imagine taking a roundabout route through a U-shaped valley: the U shape cues ウ while the path winds indirectly.