迂

See also: 遇

迂 U+8FC2, 迂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FC2 ← 迁 [U+8FC1] CJK Unified Ideographs 迃 → [U+8FC3]

Translingual

Han character

迂 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜一木 (YMD), four-corner 3130₄, composition ⿺辶于)

1. doctrinaire, abstruse, unrealistic

References

• KangXi: page 1253, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38722
• Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3815, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8FC2

Chinese

trad.		迂
simp. #		迂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (于) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
侉	*qaːls
夸	*kʰʷraː
姱	*kʰʷraː
胯	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
跨	*kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs
誇	*kʰʷraː
垮	*kʰʷraːʔ
銙	*kʰʷraːʔ
骻	*kʰʷraːʔ
咵	*kʰʷraːʔ
釫	*ɢʷraː, *qʷaː
摦	*ɡʷraːs
鮬	*pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː
嶀	*qʰʷl'aː
扝	*kʰʷaː, *qʷaː
刳	*kʰʷaː
郀	*kʰʷaː
挎	*kʰʷaː
袴	*kʰʷaːs
絝	*kʰʷaːs
褲	*kʰʷaːs
恗	*qʰaː
洿	*ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː
瓠	*ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs
鄠	*ɢʷlaːʔ
污	*qʷaː, *qʷaːs
杇	*qʷaː
圬	*qʷaː
鴮	*qʷaː
盓	*qʷaː
汙	*qʷaːs, *ɢʷa
樗	*qʰʷl'a
摴	*qʰʷl'a
荂	*pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa
雩	*qʰʷla, *ɢʷla
吁	*qʰʷa, *ɢʷas
盱	*qʰʷa
訏	*qʰʷa
扜	*qʰʷa, *qʷa
旴	*qʰʷa
冔	*qʰʷaʔ
紆	*qʷa
陓	*qʷa
迂	*qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa
虶	*qʷa
于	*ɢʷa
盂	*ɢʷa
竽	*ɢʷa
邘	*ɢʷa
玗	*ɢʷa
芋	*ɢʷa, *ɢʷas
杅	*ɢʷa
釪	*ɢʷa
骬	*ɢʷa
謣	*ɢʷla
宇	*ɢʷaʔ

Etymology 1

Schussler (2007) relates it to 匡 (OC *kʰʷaŋ), 腕 (OC *qoːns), 冤 (OC *qon), & 枉 (OC *qʷaŋʔ). Allofams are possibly 弧 (OC *ɡʷlaː), 委 (OC *qrol, *qrolʔ), and 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ), which Coblin (1986) (apud Schuessler, 2007) considers as cognate to Tibetan ཡོ་བ (yo ba, “oblique, aslant”), གཡོ་བ (g.yo ba, “tilt”), གཡོས (g.yos); however, see 夭 (yāo). Ratliff (2010) links it with Proto-Hmong-Mien *qʷuw (“far”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yū (yu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹, jyu⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): u / i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yu
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹
    • Yale: yū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu¹, jyu⁴
    • Yale: yū, yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹, jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu¹, yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵/, /jyː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u
    • Tâi-lô: u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: w
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i
    • Tâi-lô: i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨo/, /ʔɨo/, /ʔɨo^X/

Rime
Character	迂	迂	迂
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	羽俱切	憶俱切	於武切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨo/	/ʔɨo/	/ʔɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦio/	/ʔio/	/ʔioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣio/	/ʔio/	/ʔioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆/	/ʔuə̆/	/ʔuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɣio/	/ʔio/	/ʔioX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭu/	/ĭu/	/ĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/	/ʔi̯u/	/ʔi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	yū	yǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	jyu1	jyu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷ(r)a/, /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷa/, /*qʷaʔ/, /*ɢʷa/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迂	迂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yū	yū
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔju ›	‹ hju ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷ(r)a/	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a/
English	astray; far	bend, deflect; far away
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	迂	迂	迂
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	15703	15705	15708
Phonetic component	于	于	于
Rime group	魚	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	紆	傴	于
Old Chinese	/*qʷa/	/*qʷaʔ/	/*ɢʷa/

Definitions

迂

1. circuitous
2. pedantic
3. far
4. wide
5. slow
6. evil
7. exaggerated
8. a surname

Compounds

• 景迂生集
• 迂久
• 迂儒
• 迂叟
• 迂夫子
• 迂拙
• 迂摸
• 迂曲 (yūqū)
• 迂棋 (yūqí)

• 迂直
• 迂腐 (yūfǔ)
• 迂言
• 迂迂曲曲
• 迂道 (yūdào)
• 迂怪不經／迂怪不经
• 迂氣／迂气
• 迂直之計／迂直之计

• 迂緩／迂缓
• 迂見／迂见
• 迂誕／迂诞
• 迂談闊論／迂谈阔论
• 迂論／迂论
• 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)
• 迂迴曲折／迂回曲折 (yūhuíqūzhé)
• 迂闊／迂阔 (yūkuò)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 迂 – see 遇 (“to meet; to come across; to encounter; to run into; etc.”). (This character, 迂, is the second-round simplified form of 遇.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

迂

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. roundabout way

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: う (u)
• Kun: さける (sakeru, 迂ける); とおい (tōi, 迂い)^{←とほい (tofoi, historical)}; とおみち (tōmichi, 迂)^{←とほみち (tofomiti, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
迂
う Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 迂 (MC ɦɨo, ʔɨo, ʔɨo^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝ]

Affix

迂(う) • (u) 

1. roundabout; detour
2. ignorant

Korean

Hanja

迂 • (o, u) (hangeul 오, 우, revised o, u, McCune–Reischauer o, u, Yale o, wu)

1. doctrinaire, abstruse, unrealistic

Vietnamese

Han character

迂: Hán Nôm readings: vu

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