Memory phrase for the Kanji: 遠
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遠 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| distance, far, distant
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Pronunciation |
EN
tōi |
Explanation |
Left: movement 辶, right: (Chinese only) long robe 袁 (... down to the ground 土 extends the sleeve 口 of these clothes 衣.) |
Mnemonic
| The movement (to the land of) long robes (i.e. to Japan) is a far distance.
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Radicals
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辶
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movement | The radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴 |
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袁
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long robe | |
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衣
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clothing | The radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 耳が遠い |
みみがとおい |
hard of hearing |
| 遠い |
とおい |
far/distant |
| 永遠 |
えいえん |
eternity, perpetuity, immortality, permanence |
| 遠慮 |
えんりょ |
diffidence/restraint/reserve |
| 望遠鏡 |
ぼうえんきょう |
telescope |
| 久遠 |
くおん |
eternity |
| 遠く |
とおく |
far away/distant/at a distance/by far |
| 遠視眼 |
えんしがん |
farsightedness, hypermetropy |
| 待ち遠しい |
まちどおしい |
looking forward to |
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