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远

yuǎn, yuàn

distant

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遠.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

元 sound component

元  Sound component

yuán

  

first

Evolution

远 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
远 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
远 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 远
Freq.
Word
Meaning

永远

forever

远

far

远远

distant

远离

to be far from

遥远

distant

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 88.4511% of movies

341st most common character in movies

386th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

遠

Unicode

U+8FDC


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