遥
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(bound form) distant; remote; far away
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 辵 +10
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 遙
- Common rank
- #2,301
- Unicode
- U+9065
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Formation & memory
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How 遥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 meaning “walk” + 䍃 sound ()
Components 辶 䍃
How to remember it
remote · Heisig RSH #1445
can opener + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 遥
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 路遥知马力，日久见人心 | just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true he… | |
| 平遥县 | Pingyao, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 遥不可及 | unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant | |
| 路途遥远 | it's a very long journey to get there | |
| 遥控操作 | remote operation | |
| 遥控车 | radio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car) | |
| 遥控器 | a remote control | |
| 平遥 | see 平遙縣|平遥县[Ping2 yao2 Xian4] | |
| 遥遥无期 | far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever | |
| 遥远 | distant; remote | |
| 遥感 | remote sensing | |
| 遥遥领先 | (idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin | |
| 遥观 | to look into the distance | |
| 遥望 | to look into the distance | |
| 遥想 | to think about (the distant past or future) | |
| 遥测 | telemetry | |
| 遥控 | to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control | |
| 逍遥法外 | unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. cri… | |
| 逍遥自得 | doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free | |
| 逍遥自在 | free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at la… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 䍃 — compare how they read.