距
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to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 足 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 距
- Common rank
- #1,622
- Unicode
- U+8DDD
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 距
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 距离产生美 | absence makes the heart grow fonder | |
| 短距起落飞机 | short takeoff and landing aircraft | |
| 垂直和短距起落飞机 | vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft | |
| 超距作用 | action at a distance (e.g. gravitational force) | |
| 近距离无线通讯 | (computing) near-field communication (NFC) | |
| 两性差距 | disparity between the sexes | |
| 拉近距离 | to bring (people) closer together | |
| 长距离 | long-distance | |
| 远距离监视 | off-site monitoring | |
| 远距离 | long-distance | |
| 传输距离 | transmission distance | |
| 行距 | row spacing | |
| 偏差距离 | offset distance | |
| 距翅麦鸡 | (bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii) | |
| 相距 | distance apart; separated by a given distance | |
| 短距离 | short distance; a stone's throw away | |
| 距角 | elongation (astronomy) | |
| 眼距宽 | orbital hypertelorism (medicine) | |
| 全距 | range (of a set of data) (statistics) | |
| 近距离 | close range |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 巨 — compare how they read.