ChiramiN4 kanji · 13 strokes
遠 means far
遠
袁 a long robe · 辶 road
遠Memory trick
A long robe (袁) trailing down the road: far.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- distant, far
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) とおい tooi
とおい (tooi) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) エン en
エン (en) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: オン on
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Common word
遠い とおい · tooi
far, distant
Built from
- 土 soil
- 衣 garment
- 口 mouth
- 辶 road, moving
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辶 Used in 56 kanji
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What does 遠 mean?
Right: 遠 means far.Not quite: 遠 means far.In 遠い, which reading does 遠 use?
Right. 遠い is read とおい (tooi): 遠 takes とお, its Japanese reading, with い after it.Not quite. 遠い is read とおい (tooi): 遠 takes とお, its Japanese reading, with い after it.