Chinese symbol for “circuitous”
迂曲
yū qū
circuitous; tortuous; roundabout
The closest CC-CEDICT match for circuitous is 迂曲 (yū qū), defined as: circuitous; tortuous; roundabout.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “circuitous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迂回 (迂迴) | yū huí | roundabout route; circuitous |
| 迂 | yū | literal-minded; pedantic |
| 绕远儿 (繞遠兒) | rào yuǎn r | to go the long way round; to take a circuitous route |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 迂曲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迂回 (迂迴) | yū huí | roundabout route; circuitous |
| 迂腐 | yū fǔ | pedantic; trite |
| 迂回曲折 | yū huí qū zhé | meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere; going around in circles |
| 迂阔 (迂闊) | yū kuò | high sounding and impractical; high flown nonsense |
| 拘迂 | jū yū | inflexible; stubborn |
| 歌曲 | gē qǔ | song |
| 曲线 (曲線) | qū xiàn | curve; curved line |
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
See also: Japanese symbol for “circuitous”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.