远
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far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
distant · Heisig RSH #289
road + 元 beginning
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 远
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山长水远 | (idiom) long and arduous journey | |
| 安远县 | Anyuan, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi | |
| 远安县 | Yuan'an, a county in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 平远县 | Pingyuan, a county in Meizhou City 梅州市[Mei2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 开远市 | Kaiyuan, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝… | |
| 大老远 | very far away | |
| 定远县 | Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 远地点 | apogee | |
| 出远门 | to travel far away from home | |
| 远日点 | aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; opposite: perihelio… | |
| 远大 | far-reaching; broad; ambitious; promising | |
| 远人 | an estranged person; sb who is alienated; people far from home | |
| 清远市 | Qingyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] | |
| 中远 | China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中國遠洋運輸|中国远洋运输[Zhong1 guo2 Yuan3 yang2 Yun4… | |
| 远天 | heaven; the distant sky | |
| 远道而来 | to come from far away | |
| 远东山雀 | (bird species of China) Japanese tit (Parus minor) | |
| 远行 | to travel far away from home | |
| 安远 | see 安遠縣|安远县[An1 yuan3 Xian4] | |
| 远安 | see 遠安縣|远安县[Yuan3 an1 Xian4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 元 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元 sound part | first; dollar; origin; head | |
| 园 | garden, park; orchard | |
| 玩 | to play with, to joke, to entertain | |
| 完 | to complete, to finish, to settle; whole | |
| 顽 | stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate | |
| 沅 | a river in western Hunan | |
| 阮 | ancient musical instrument; surname | |
| 芫 | a poisonous plant; Daphne genkwa | |
| 朊 | protein | |
| 蚖 | salamander, newt | |
| 鼋 | large turtle, sea turtle |