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迂

yū

Character

What 迂 means

1. literal-minded
2. pedantic
3. doctrinaire
4. longwinded
5. circuitous

Words starting with 迂

• 迂回yū huíroundabout route; circuitous; tortuous
• 迂腐yū fǔpedantic; trite; inflexible
• 迂儒yū rúunrealistic; pedantic and impractical
• 迂执yū zhípedantic and stubborn
• 迂拘yū jūconventional; conservative
• 迂拙yū zhuōstupid; impractical
• 迂曲yū qūcircuitous; tortuous; roundabout
• 迂气yū qìpedantry
• 迂滞yū zhìhigh-sounding and impractical
• 迂磨yū mósluggish; delaying
• 迂缓yū huǎndilatory; slow in movement; roundabout
• 迂见yū jiànabsurd opinion; pedantic and unrealistic view
• 迂讷yū nèovercautious; conservative and dull in conversation
• 迂论yū lùnunrealistic argument; high flown and impractical opinion
• 迂远yū yuǎnimpractical
• 迂阔yū kuòhigh sounding and impractical; high flown nonsense
• 迂夫子yū fū zǐpedant; old fogey
• 迂回奔袭yū huí bēn xíto attack from an unexpected direction
• 迂回曲折yū huí qū zhémeandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere…

Words containing 迂

• 拘迂jū yūinflexible; stubborn

Characters built on 于

These share the phonetic component 于 (yú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吁yùto implore
• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 芋yùtaro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta
• 盂yúbasin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
• 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙
• 纡yūwinding; twisting
• 盱xūanxious; stare
• 玗yúsemiprecious stone; a kind of jade

Characters that look like 迂

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 边biānside; edge; margin
• 迈màito take a step; to stride
• 迁qiānto move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc)

Sounds the same

Read yū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 淤silt; river sludge; to silt up
• 瘀hematoma (internal blood clot); extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue)…
• 菸to wither; dried leaves; faded
• 纡winding; twisting
• 箊bamboo with thin; wide leaves
• 於surname Yu; Taiwan pr. Yú