Japanese symbol for “impractical”
迂遠
うえん
Romaji: uen
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; impractical
In Japanese, impractical is 迂遠, read うえん (uen).
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Meanings
- adj-na roundabout; indirect; circuitous; impractical; useless
- adj-na ignorant (of the world)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “impractical”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非実際的 | ひじっさいてき hijissaiteki | impractical; unpractical |
| 非現実的 | ひげんじつてき higenjitsuteki | unrealistic; impractical; infeasible |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迂回 | うかい ukai | detour; circumvention |
| 迂闊 | うかつ ukatsu | careless; thoughtless; stupid |
| 迂曲 | うきょく ukyoku | meandering; winding |
| 迂路 | うろ uro | detour; diversion |
| 迂言 | うげん ugen | roundabout explanation |
| 永遠 | えいえん eien | eternity; perpetuity; permanence |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ enryo | reserve; constraint; restraint |
| 遠い | とおい tooi | far; distant; far away |
See also: Chinese symbol for “impractical”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.