Memory phrase for the character: 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 (Shows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 in it.)

Mnemonic

If it takes a movement to reach 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	Shows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 that is vertically in it.

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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