遥
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(bound form) distant; remote; far away
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How 遥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 䍃 (phonetic, yáo)
components: 辶 䍃
How to remember it
remote · Heisig RSH #1445
can opener + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 䍃
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 䍃 (yáo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 䍃 sound component | yáo | vase, pitcher, earthenware |
| 摇 | yáo | to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave |
| 瑶 | yáo | precious jade |
| 谣 | yáo | rumor; folksong, ballad |
| 繇 | yáo | cause, means, reason |
| 鳐 | yáo | the nautilus; the ray |
| 徭 | yáo | conscripted labor |
| 飖 | yáo | floating in the air; drifting on the wind |
Words containing 遥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 路遥知马力，日久见人心 | lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn | just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true he… |
| 平遥县 | Píng yáo Xiàn | Pingyao, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 遥不可及 | yáo bù kě jí | unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant |
| 路途遥远 | lù tú yáo yuǎn | it's a very long journey to get there |
| 遥控操作 | yáo kòng cāo zuò | remote operation |
| 遥控车 | yáo kòng chē | radio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car) |
| 遥控器 | yáo kòng qì | a remote control |
| 平遥 | Píng yáo | see 平遙縣|平遥县[Ping2 yao2 Xian4] |
| 遥遥无期 | yáo yáo wú qī | far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever |
| 遥远 | yáo yuǎn | distant; remote |
| 遥感 | yáo gǎn | remote sensing |
| 遥遥领先 | yáo yáo lǐng xiān | (idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin |
| 遥观 | yáo guān | to look into the distance |
| 遥望 | yáo wàng | to look into the distance |
| 遥想 | yáo xiǎng | to think about (the distant past or future) |
| 遥测 | yáo cè | telemetry |
| 遥控 | yáo kòng | to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control |
| 逍遥法外 | xiāo yáo fǎ wài | unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. cri… |
| 逍遥自得 | xiāo yáo zì dé | doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free |
| 逍遥自在 | xiāo yáo zì zai | free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at la… |