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Kanji Detail for 迂 - "circuitous"

  • Meaning

    迂 means "circuitous." Also associated with distant, to bend.

    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.

  • Four-character idioms with

    • 婉曲迂遠 えんきょくうえん Listen being euphemistic and circumlocutory
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    • Verified meaning: circuitous
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: distant, to bend

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Here I decide, without hesitating, to take the alternative route.

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  • I sensed with discomfort that the two of them might ridicule me behind my back as a thoughtless, simple-minded satyr.

  • In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.

  • If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.

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