yáo
far away
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 遙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
distant | ||
distant | ||
still at large | ||
remote control | ||
remote control |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 14.8166% of movies
1738th most common character in movies
1715th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9059 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“遙,逍遙也。又遠也。从辵,聲。” |
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