Kanji

遠

Meaning

distant and far

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • とおい

On'yomi

  • ぼう えん きょう telescope
  • えん りょ reserve
  • えん そく school trip
  • おん る banishment (to a location far from the capital)
  • おん き anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier
  • く おん eternity

Practice Writing

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Related Entries

遠 とお
distant

Component Analysis

遠
distant, far
とお.い, エン, オン
辶
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク
袁
long kimono
エン, オン
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
𧘇
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク

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