Memory phrase for the Kanji: 遥
遥
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Meaning
distant, remote, far, far away
Pronunciation
yáo
Explanation
Left: movement 辶 , right: 䍃 (hand from above 爫 , can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 )
Mnemonic
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If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.
Radicals
辶
movement In some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
爫
reaching downwards Shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
缶
can, jar In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".
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Vocabulary
遥远
yáo yuǎn
distant; remote
4785
遥控
yáo kòng
remote control
4786
遥测
yáo cè
telemetry
4787
逍遥
xiāo yáo
free and unfettered
8979
逍遥自得
xiāo yáo zì dé
doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
8980
逍遥自在
xiāo yáo zì zai
free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large
8981
逍遥自在
xiāo yáo zì zai
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