遠
far; distant
13 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 887.
Readings
- エン (on reading): 永遠 (えいえん) eternity; 遠慮 (えんりょ) reserve
- とおい (kun reading): 遠い (とおい) far; 遠く (とおく) far away
- オン (on reading): 遠忌 (おんき) anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier; 久遠 (くおん) eternity
- Read as a whole word: 遠方 (おちかた) distant place
Components
Words using 遠
- 永遠 (えいえん) eternity
- 遠慮 (えんりょ) reserve
- 遠征 (えんせい) (military) expedition
- 望遠鏡 (ぼうえんきょう) telescope
- 遠方 (えんぽう) distant place
- 遠い (とおい) far
- 遠く (とおく) far away
- 待ち遠しい (まちどおしい) longed-for
- 遠ざかる (とおざかる) to go away
- 遠い目 (とおいめ) distant look
- 遠忌 (おんき) anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier
- 久遠 (くおん) eternity
- 遠流 (おんる) banishment (to a location far from the capital)
- 遠諱 (おんき) semicentennial memorial service
- 遠方 (おちかた) distant place
- 遠ざく (とほざく) to keep away
265 words in all.