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Kanji Detail for 遠 - "far, to distance, wide"

遠

  • Meaning

    遠 means "far, to distance, wide."

    1. Far - Great distance in space or time.

    2. Wide - Broad; spreading everywhere.

    3. To distance - To keep away; to alienate.

    4. Unfamiliar - Not close; estranged.

  • Words using 遠

    • 永遠 えいえん Listen eternity; perpetuity; permanence
    • 遠征 えんせい Listen (military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.)
    • 望遠鏡 ぼうえんきょう Listen telescope
    • 遠隔 えんかく Listen distant; remote; isolated
    • 敬遠 けいえん Listen pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; giving a wide berth
    • 遠慮 えんりょ Listen reserve; constraint; restraint
    • 遠山 えんざん Listen distant mountain
    • 疎遠 そえん Listen estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

  • Four-character idioms with 遠

    • 前途遼遠 ぜんとりょうえん Listen having a long way to go; having a long road ahead of one; being a long way off
    • 夜目遠目 よめとおめ Listen seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance
    • 婉曲迂遠 えんきょくうえん Listen being euphemistic and circumlocutory
    • 深慮遠謀 しんりょえんぼう Listen deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply laid plan
    • 深謀遠慮 しんぼうえんりょ Listen far sight and deep design
    • 遠交近攻 えんこうきんこう Listen policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby

  • Tattoo check: 遠

    • Verified meaning: far, to distance, wide
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とおし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 遠

    Given names 遠(とおし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    distant; far

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    distant, remote, far; profound

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    distant, remote, far; profound

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of near. All distances in time and space, differences in category, are called 遠. | Profound. As in 釣深致遠 (fishing in deep waters to reach far). Found in the Book of Changes. | Extended. As in 永遠 (eternal), 久遠 (long-lasting). | To distance oneself from. As in 遠害 (keep away from harm). In the Mencius: "Therefore the gentleman keeps far from the kitchen."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

    on(オン) オン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    too.i(とお-い) とお-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    far wide to distance common keep away unfamiliar distant alienate apart broad expansive extend extensive long-distance outlying remote removed scattered space yonder

Sentences including 遠

  • The station is not far from here.

  • He caught sight of a ship in the distance.

  • Please help yourself to the cake.

  • The sun is so distant from the earth.

  • The hospital was far away from his village.

  • She didn't go far.

  • I just can't wait for the party.

  • There is one , but it's a little far.

  • Please feel free to make suggestions.

  • Please help yourself to the cake.

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