遠
遠·distant, far
- On-yomi
- えんおん
- Kun-yomi
- とお.い
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遠い | とおい | far, distant |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ | reserve, holding back out of politeness |
| 遠足 | えんそく | school excursion, outing |
| 永遠 | えいえん | eternity |
Example sentences
駅は家から少し遠いです。
えきはいえからすこしとおいです。
The station is a little far from my house.
どうぞ遠慮しないで食べてください。
どうぞえんりょしないでたべてください。
Please don't hold back — help yourself.
明日、子どもたちは山へ遠足に行きます。
あした、こどもたちはやまへえんそくにいきます。
Tomorrow the children are going on an outing to the mountains.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 遠慮 as えんりょう — it is short: えんりょ
- Writing the kun reading as とうい; it is とおい
Memory aid
Picture it
The road radical 辶 under a long robe 袁: a journey long enough that you pack proper clothes for it.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 永遠えいえんeternity, perpetuity, forever
- 遠いとおいfar
- 遠くとおくfar away
- 遠慮えんりょreserve, holding back
- 遠慮なくえんりょなくwithout reserve, freely
- 遠足えんそくexcursion, school outing
- 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうtelescope
- 遠出とおでgoing far, a trip out
- 足が遠のくあしがとおのくto stop visiting; to visit less often
- 待ち遠しいまちどおしいlonged for, eagerly awaited
- 遠隔えんかくremote, distant
- 程遠いほどとおいfar from
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