Word Meaning 迂遠

うえん uen

迂遠 is read as うえん (uen) and means ignorant (of the world).

Meaning

English

  1. ignorant (of the world)
  2. roundabout
  3. indirect
  4. circuitous
  5. impractical
  6. useless

Reading

Kana

うえん

Romaji

uen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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婉曲迂遠

えんきょくうえん

being euphemistic and circumlocutory

永遠

えいえん

eternity

敬遠

けいえん

giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

疎遠

そえん

estrangement

以遠

いえん

beyond

望遠

ぼうえん

seeing at a distance

深遠

しんえん

profound

間遠

まどお

at long distance

高遠

こうえん

noble

最遠

さいえん

farthest

久遠

くおん

eternity

前途遼遠

ぜんとりょうえん

having a long way to go