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Chinese symbol for “delaying”

迂磨
yū mó
sluggish; delaying

The closest CC-CEDICT match for delaying is 迂磨 (yū mó), defined as: sluggish; delaying.

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
磨 mó
millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out
radical 112 ⽯ · 16 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 迂磨.

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
迂曲yū qūcircuitous; tortuous
拘迂jū yūinflexible; stubborn
折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
琢磨zhuó móto carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work

See also: Japanese symbol for “delaying”.

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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