遠 (yuǎn)
far; distant
How 遠 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 辶 — walk
- Traditional
- 遠
- Simplified
- 远
遠 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- yuǎn
- far; distant; remote
- yuàn
- to distance oneself from (classical)
Common words using 遠
- 永遠 yǒngyuǎn
- forever; eternal
- 久遠 jiǔyuǎn
- old; ancient; far away
- 望遠鏡 wàngyuǎnjìng
- binoculars; telescope; CL:付[fu4],副[fu4],部[bu4]
- 深遠 shēnyuǎn
- far-reaching; profound and long-lasting
- 清遠 qīngyuǎn
- Qingyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong
- 疏遠 shūyuǎn
- to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate
- 遙遠 yáoyuǎn
- distant; remote
- 遠大 yuǎndà
- far-reaching; broad; ambitious
- 遠征軍 yuǎnzhēngjūn
- expeditionary force; army on a distant expedition
- 遠方 yuǎnfāng
- far away; a distant location
- 遠眺 yuǎntiào
- to gaze into the distance
- 遠程 yuǎnchéng
- remote; long distance; long range
遠 in a sentence
你家離車站遠不遠？
Nǐ jiā lí chēzhàn yuǎn bù yuǎn?
“Is your home far from the station?”
How common is 遠?
遠 is the 386th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 70.2% of all running text.
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