Memory phrase for the Kanji: 迂

迂

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Meaning pedantic, inflexible, doctrinaire, longwinded

Pronunciation

yū

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: in, at, to, from, 于 (= umbrella 伞, with a handle 亅 and keeps dry 干)

Mnemonic
 
He has at all movements an umbrella with him. He is: pedantic.

Radicals

辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
于 in; at; to; fromThe handle 亅 makes it to an umbrella that keeps dry.
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 Vocabulary

迂阔 yū kuò  high sounding and impractical; high flown nonsense
迂远 yū yuǎn  impractical
迂讷 yū nè  overcautious; conservative and dull in conversation
迂回 yū huí  roundabout route; circuitous; tortuous; to outflank; indirect; roundabout
迂回 yū huí  

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