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遠 — 13 strokes / Radical「辶」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 13 strokes / Radical「辶」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
とお(い)tō(i)
Meaning
far

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

辶 (movement) + 袁 (en, the sound) → a long way: far.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエンえんen遠近えんきん永遠えいえん敬遠けいえん
Onオンおんon久遠くおん
Kunとおいtōi遠いとおい遠出とおで遠ざかるとおざかる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 遠足えんそく

    school trip

  • 遠くとおく

    far away

More words with this kanji

  • 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう
  • 遠浅とおあさ
  • 永遠えいえん
  • 遠征えんせい
  • 遼遠りょうえん
  • 遠吠えとおぼえ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

うみは 遠(とお)いです。

The sea is far away.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

遠足遠足foot近near通to pas…週week道road辺area園garden円circle炎flame宛addres…沿to run…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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