远yuǎn
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远
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Shuowen
Far, distant. Composed of the movement radical 辶 and the phonetic element 元 (meaning "head" or "origin"). The character depicts the idea of going from one's origin to a great distance—movement away from the starting point.
Pinyin
yuǎn· HSK 1