yuǎn far; distance

Made up of [ chuò walking radical 162, yuán primary; first; dollar ]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 7 strokes.
The radical suggests walking and the remainder gives the phonetic 'yuan'
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses chuò component: biān (side) dào (road) ; féng (to meet by chance) ; guò (past) ; hái (still) ; jìn (to advance) ; jìn (near) ; lián (to link) ; liáo (distant) ; (to bewilder) ; (riddle) ; tōng (open) ; yíng (welcome) ; (to meet) ; yùn (to move) ; zhè (this)
Also uses yuán component: wán (toy) yuàn (courtyard) ; yuán (park)

Different tone

yuán (primary) ; yuán (former) ; yuán (park) ; yuán (person) ; yuàn (courtyard) ; yuàn (to hope)

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Pronunciation

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Cities

清远 Qingyuan, Guangdong

Proverbs

远水救不了近火 yuǎn shuǐ jiǔ bù liaǒ huǒ There is no point in waiting for far off help. Get to it and solve the problem now