Memory phrase for the character: 遠

遠

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Meaning

distance, far, distant

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.

Radicals

辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
袁 long robe
衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is also used in a simplified form as 巾.
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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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