遠

音読おんよみ: エン・オン

訓読くんよみ: とおい

画数かくすう: 13 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 辶(しんにょう / movement)

Meaning

Far or distant


  • とおい — far / distant
  • 遠足えんそく — excursion
  • 永遠えいえん — eternity
  • 遠慮えんりょ — restraint / hesitation
  • 遠距離えんきょり — long distance
  • とおのく — to recede / to become distant

Frequently used in compound words about space, time, and emotional distance. Combines the movement radical with "en," symbolizing something that travels far.

とおやまえる。
You can see the distant mountains.

かれとの関係かんけい次第しだいとおのいていった。
My relationship with him gradually grew distant.

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