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遠

Far
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingエン、オン
Kun readingとお.い

Verbs with «遠»

遠慮する遠ざかる敬遠する遠ざける

Meanings

  1. far
    恨みには程遠い演技であったという。His performance was said to be far different from one with a grudge.wiki
    とにかく遠くまで矢を飛ばす。Players should shoot an arrow as far as they can.wiki
  2. distantRtK

Popular Usage

遠い遠慮遠く永遠遠足遠方

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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earthenware jar · lidded crock · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mouth (口) · scarf (冂) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 429

Compound words

その画家は、いわば永遠の少年だ。えいえん
The artist is eternally a boy.tatoeba
年齢を重ねるにつれ、だんだん遠視になってきている。えんし
I'm getting farsighted as I get older.tatoeba
彼は非常に疲れていたのでそれ以上遠くにいけなかった。
He was too tired to go any farther.tatoeba
彼は彼女の到着が待ち遠しい。
He is impatient for her arrival.tatoeba
彼は彼女に永遠の別れを告げた。
He bade her adieu forever.tatoeba
彼は彼女の遠い親戚だ。
He is a distant relation of hers.tatoeba
しかし、遠いほど採れる煤の量は少ない。
But, the farther the position becomes, the less amount of soot is obtained.wiki
実子ではない与兵衛には遠慮がある。
Since Yohei is not his own child he treats him with deference.wiki
松平氏へは遠慮させ、伊奈氏には禁止させている。
The Tokugawa clan had the Matsudaira clan refrain from using the aoi-mon and prohibited the Ina clan from using it.wiki
遠く鐘の音も聞こえる。
The sound of bells from afar can be heard.wiki
修学旅行、遠足、キャンプ
School trip, fieldtrip, and campingwiki
遠方を見望できる
Look onto the distancewiki
縁結びの神として遠方からの参拝客も多い。
Many people from far away visit the shrine believing it as a god of marriage (matchmaking).wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

遠慮しないでどんどん食べてくれ
えんりょしないでどんどんたべてくれDon't be shy, eat as much as you want.
決してご遠慮はありませんというのはその意味だ
けっしてごえんりょはありませんというのはそのいみだThat's what 'certainly no need to hold back' means.
ただしそうすると、下の句が耳遠くなって、意味の通りが悪くなる
ただしそうすると、しものくがみみどおくなって、いみのとおりがわるくなるIf I do that, though, the second line of verse becomes hard to hear and the meaning doesn't flow well.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Far. ⻌ (movement) + 袁 (a long robe) — setting off on a long journey in a travelling cloak.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 遠

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step