Kanji Detail for 迂 - "roundabout, indirect, thorough"

迂

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
迂 means "roundabout, indirect, thorough."
1. Distant - A far road; roundabout way.
2. To bend - To curve; to twist; to wind.
3. Circuitous - Taking the long way around; indirect.
4. Impractical - Out of touch with worldly matters.
5. False - To tell lies.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

roundabout way

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

doctrinaire, abstruse, unrealistic

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

literal-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire; longwinded; circuitous

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic

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

Far. A road that is not direct is called 迂. Therefore speech and actions that are not practical are also called 迂闊 (impractical), 迂遠 (roundabout). Also 迂久 means a long time.
Onyomi

u(う)
Kunyomi

maga.ru(まがる)

too.i(とおい)
Strokes

7 strokes
Radical

辵辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)
Related Keywords
roundabout indirect circuitous winding distant detour impractical scholarly bookish thorough meandering curved twisted long pedantic academic theoretical deliberate patient methodical