U+8FC2 "迂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8FC2 "迂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly meaning "pedantic," "detouring," or "roundabout" in both classical and modern contexts. It is composed of the radical ⻌ (辵, meaning "walk" or "movement") and the phonetic component 于 (yú), which suggests a sense of indirect or prolonged motion. In usage, "迂" often describes a person's thinking as overly formal, impractical, or stuck in old ways, as in the word 迂腐 (yūfǔ) meaning "pedantic" or "stubbornly conservative." It also appears in terms like 迂回 (yūhuí), meaning "detour" or "circuitous route," reflecting its literal sense of taking a winding path. This character is part of the standard set for modern Chinese writing and retains relevance in both literary and everyday language.