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远

yuǎn

distant, remote, far; profound

🔤 Pictophonetic: 辶 (walk) provides meaning, 元 provides pronunciation

HSK 2 7 strokes Very Common (4%)

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Component Breakdown

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first; dollar; origin; head

⿺辶元 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chuò

辶

to walk; walking

📷 Pictographic: A foot stepping

3 strokes

yuán

元

first; dollar; origin; head

📷 Pictographic: A man 儿 with two lines emphasizing their head 二

4 strokes HSK 3

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

ér

儿

son, child

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 远 (187)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

远 ↗

yuàn

to distance oneself from (classical)

yuàn

远 ↗

HSK 2

to distance oneself from (classical)

远 ↗

yuǎn

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

yuǎn

远 ↗

HSK 2

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

rènzhòngdàoyuǎn

任重道远 ↗

HSK 6

a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)

疏远 ↗

shūyuǎn

to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement

shūyuǎn

疏远 ↗

HSK 6

to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement

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