Chinese Character 遠 Meanings and components.

Form

遠

Meaning

遠 meaning[3] in English

Far.

Distant.

Remote.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 遠 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and surname Yuan (袁)

Its radical[1] is: 辵 (chuo4) which means: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character), .辵chuo4to walk …

In cangjie it is written with YGRV

How to write 遠

To write遠yuan3far you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 袁yuan2surname Yuan arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 袁 = 遠

遠 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 遠 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 遠, looks as follow:

遠
Pinyin:yuan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Far . Distant . Remote . (Intensifier In A Comparison) By Far . Much (Lower Etc)
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
袁
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yuan
𠮷
Pinyin:𠮷5 Shape:吕
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
氏
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Clan Name . Maiden Name

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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