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遠

yuǎn, yuàn

distant

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 袁 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

袁 sound component

袁  Sound component

yuán

  

robe

Evolution

遠 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
遠 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
遠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

远 (遠) 

yuǎn

distant, remote, far; profound; far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)

远 (遠) 

yuàn

to distance oneself from (classical)

Most common words with 遠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

永远

forever

远

far

远远

distant

远离

to be far from

遥远

distant

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

薳

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.ɢʷanʔ

hjwonX

yuǎn

far


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 88.4511% of movies

341st most common character in movies

386th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

远

Unicode

U+9060

Shuowen

“遠，遼也。从辵，袁聲。，古文遠。”


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