Unicode: U+8FC2

Pinyin: yù yū

Definition

* 曲折,绕远。 ~回。~缓(行动迟缓)。 * 言行或见解陈旧不合时宜。 ~论。~气。~儒。~阔(不切合实际)。~腐(说话、行事拘泥于陈旧的准则,不适应新时代)。~夫子(迂腐的读书人)

doctrinaire, abstruse, unrealistic

Structure

迂 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
31_E8CB
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_8FC2
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
91_EA40

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC