Phono-semantic compound:
辵 (쉬엄쉬엄 갈 착, “to walk, movement”) — semantic indicator, related to motion.
于 (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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Words

Vocabulary

road, path, way

to step on, to tread, to practice, to put into effect

footprint, trace, track

wheel track, rut, path, orbit

to compare, to contrast, to dispute, relatively, rather

wheel, circular object, rotation, cycle, round

to turn, to roll, to shift

farming, agriculture

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

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

to be near, close, nearby

to return, to give back, to come back

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

to be lost, to go astray, to be confused

trace, mark, footprint, vestige, remains

to pursue, to chase, to seek

to send, to deliver, to dispatch

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迂

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