远
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far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #357 U+8FDC
How 远 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 元 (phonetic, yuán)
How to remember it
distant · Heisig RSH #289
road + 元 beginning
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 元
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 元 (yuán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元 sound component | yuán | first; dollar; origin; head |
| 园 | yuán | garden, park; orchard |
| 玩 | wán | to play with, to joke, to entertain |
| 完 | wán | to complete, to finish, to settle; whole |
| 顽 | wán | stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate |
| 沅 | yuán | a river in western Hunan |
| 阮 | ruǎn | ancient musical instrument; surname |
| 芫 | yuán | a poisonous plant; Daphne genkwa |
| 朊 | ruǎn | protein |
| 蚖 | yuán | salamander, newt |
| 鼋 | yuán | large turtle, sea turtle |
Words containing 远
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山长水远 | shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn | (idiom) long and arduous journey |
| 安远县 | Ān yuǎn Xiàn | Anyuan, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 远安县 | Yuǎn ān Xiàn | Yuan'an, a county in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 平远县 | Píng yuǎn Xiàn | Pingyuan, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市[Mei2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 开远市 | Kāi yuǎn Shì | Kaiyuan, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝… |
| 大老远 | dà lǎo yuǎn | very far away |
| 定远县 | Dìng yuǎn Xiàn | Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 远地点 | yuǎn dì diǎn | apogee |
| 出远门 | chū yuǎn mén | to travel far away from home |
| 远日点 | yuǎn rì diǎn | aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; opposite: perihelio… |
| 远大 | yuǎn dà | far-reaching; broad; ambitious; promising |
| 远人 | yuǎn rén | an estranged person; sb who is alienated; people far from home |
| 清远市 | Qīng yuǎn Shì | Qingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 中远 | Zhōng yuǎn | China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中國遠洋運輸|中国远洋运输[Zhong1 guo2 Yuan3 yang2 Yun4… |
| 远天 | yuǎn tiān | heaven; the distant sky |
| 远道而来 | yuǎn dào ér lái | to come from far away |
| 远东山雀 | Yuǎn dōng shān què | (bird species of China) Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| 远行 | yuǎn xíng | to travel far away from home |
| 安远 | Ān yuǎn | see 安遠縣|安远县[An1 yuan3 Xian4] |
| 远安 | Yuǎn ān | see 遠安縣|远安县[Yuan3 an1 Xian4] |