to walk slowly, to go slowly

 (쉬엄쉬엄 갈 착, “to walk, movement”) — semantic indicator, related to motion.


at, in, to, from, than

 (어조사 우, used here for sound) — phonetic component.
Thus originally “to walk in a roundabout way,” later extended metaphorically to “indirect, impractical.”

迂回 (우회) — detour, bypass
迂遠 (우원) — roundabout, indirect
迂拙 (우졸) — clumsy, awkward
迂闊 (우활) — naïve, impractical
迂論 (우론) — pedantic argument

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Vocabulary

to gather, collect, compile, bring together

to send, to transport, to carry, to deliver

to govern, to administer, to manage

to turn, to roll, to shift

speech, expression, wording

peech, eloquence, to argue, to explain

shame, disgrace, dishonour

farming, agriculture

to go around, to detour, distant, indirect, circuitous

swift, fast, rapid, prompt

to meet, to welcome, to receive (a person, guest, etc.)

to be near, close, nearby

to return, to give back, to come back

Buddha’s name Ga

to press, to compel, to urge, to oppress

to alternate, to take turns

to state, to narrate, to describe, to follow, to pursue, to extend, to carry out

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迂

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