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Kotomora

迂

roundabout way

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes6

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

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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.