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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

迂 yū
abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic
radical 162 ⾡ · 6 strokes
曲 qū
crooked, bent; wrong, false
radical 73 ⽈ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “circuitous”

WordPinyinMeaning
迂回 (迂迴)yū huíroundabout route; circuitous
迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic
绕远儿 (繞遠兒)rào yuǎn rto go the long way round; to take a circuitous route

Related words

Other words that share a character with 迂曲.

WordPinyinMeaning
迂回 (迂迴)yū huíroundabout route; circuitous
迂腐yū fǔpedantic; trite
迂回曲折yū huí qū zhémeandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere; going around in circles
迂阔 (迂闊)yū kuòhigh sounding and impractical; high flown nonsense
拘迂jū yūinflexible; stubborn
歌曲gē qǔsong
曲线 (曲線)qū xiàncurve; curved line
扭曲niǔ qūto 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.

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