Kanji Detail for 紆 - "bend, circle, cling, sullen"

紆

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
紆 means "bend, circle, cling, sullen."
1. Bend - To curve; to wind.
2. Circle - To go around; to encircle.
3. Cling - To be entangled; to wrap around.
4. Sullen - To be depressed; for the mind to be troubled.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

crouch

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

bend, turn, twist; distort

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Yu

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to twist, to turn, to bend; to distort

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Winding and circling. Such as 紆迴 (winding), 紆折 (tortuous). Now also saying condescending is called 紆尊. | Mental anguish is called 紆.
Onyomi

u(う)
Kunyomi

ma.garu(まがる)

megu.ru(めぐる)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

糸 (ito・itohen)
Related Keywords
bend curve wind circle around encircle cling entangled wrap sullen depressed mind troubled