Memory phrase for the Kanji: 遥


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Meaning distant, remote, far, far away

Pronunciation

yáo

Explanation

Left: movement , right: 䍃 (hand from above , can (lid and can opener of that can )

Mnemonic


 
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.

Radicals

movementIn some cases this radical is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
reaching downwardsShows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
can, jarIn Chinese this character is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: (=かん), which means: "the can".
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 Vocabulary

 遥远  yáo yuǎn  distant; remote
 遥控  yáo kòng  remote control
 遥测  yáo cè  telemetry
 逍遥  xiāo yáo  free and unfettered
 逍遥自得  xiāo yáo zì dé  doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
 逍遥自在  xiāo yáo zì zai  free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large
 逍遥自在  xiāo yáo zì zai  


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