Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 遥
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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
| If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant. |
Radicals
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辶
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movement | (In some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.) |
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爫
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reaching downwards | (shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.) |
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缶
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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".) |
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
| 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 |
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