Sunday 26 July 2020

Our character today is also related to 于 we just learnt - 迂. It is obviously composed of a 于 with a 辶. What could be the meaning combined?

辶 is a already known Chinese Radical character which is 辵, and its explanation can be found at https://xiongzou.blogspot.com/2015/11/learn-one-chinese-character-day_14.html.

From the Oracle script of 于 - and , we know that it is drawing of the music instrument 竽 or its sound chamber. The air flow inside 竽 is circuitous to create sound. Adding  to it, the direct guess is to walk like the air move inside 竽, which is to walk circuitously. for example 迂回.

When there is a direct / better path to the success, somebody however would rather take the detour, or even fail, in order to follow out-dated rules or rites. 迂 is thus extended to describe such a person or ideas: for example 迂腐.

That is pretty much all for 迂, let us check its evolution history to see if we can get more information from it:
evolution history of 迂
Oracle script of 迂 - kind of tells everything: walking () in the way of roundabout ().  Follow image is a good representation of the scene:

And now it is time to enjoy a Chinese calligraphy with 迂 inside:
不见倪迂今百年,故山乔木岭苍烟。
晴窗展卷观图画,淡墨依然景昔贤。