远 (yuǎn): meaning and stroke order
远 (yuǎn) means far, distant, remote, (intensifier in a comparison) by far, much (lower etc).
远
- Simplified
- 远
- Traditional
- 遠
- Pinyin
- yuǎn · yuàn
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Stroke order of 远
远
- yuǎn far; distant
- yuàn to distance oneself from (classical)
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 遠
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Meaning of 远
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yuǎn
Traditional 遠
- far
- distant
- remote
- (intensifier in a comparison) by far
- much (lower etc)
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yuàn
Traditional 遠
- to distance oneself from (classical)
Radical and structure
- 远
- Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 7 strokes · built from 辶 and 元
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Words with 远
- 远古 yuǎn gǔ antiquity; ancient times
- 远大 yuǎn dà far-reaching; broad
- 远房 yuǎn fáng distantly related; a distant relative
- 远方 yuǎn fāng far away; a distant location
- 远处 yuǎn chù distant place
- 远远 yuǎn yuǎn distant; by far
- 远程 yuǎn chéng remote; long distance
- 永远 yǒng yuǎn forever; eternal
- 偏远 piān yuǎn remote; far from civilization
- 定远县 Dìng yuǎn Xiàn Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou City 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui
- 不远千里 bù yuǎn qiān lǐ make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
- 深远 shēn yuǎn far-reaching; profound and long-lasting
远 in our stories
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她在网上看了很多房子，不是太贵，就是离公司太远。
tā zài wǎngshang kàn le hěn duō fángzi bú shì tài guì jiùshì lí gōngsī tài yuǎn
She has looked at lots of places online: they are either too expensive or too far from the office.
From the story The cheap room HSK 3
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一百年前的一个冬夜，客轮“海兴号”在离港口不远的海上沉没了，好在船上的乘客全部获救。
yìbǎi nián qián de yí gè dōngyè kèlún Hǎixīng hào zài lí gǎngkǒu bù yuǎn de hǎi shàng chénmò le hǎozài chuán shàng de chéngkè quánbù huòjiù
One winter night a hundred years ago, the passenger ship Haixing sank not far from port; fortunately all the passengers were rescued.
From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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族里的老人劝他：“太阳离我们不知有多远，自古以来，没有人追得上它。”
zú lǐ de lǎorén quàn tā tàiyáng lí wǒmen bùzhī yǒu duō yuǎn zìgǔyǐlái méiyǒu rén zhuī de shàng tā
The tribe's elders tried to dissuade him: "Who knows how far the sun is from us? Since ancient times no one has ever caught it."
From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 远
- The cheap room HSK 3
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).