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迥

jiǒng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 far apart; vastly different
  2. 2 distant; remote

Examples

两位艺术家的风格迥异。
Liǎng wèi yìshùjiā de fēnggé jiǒng yì.
The two artists' styles are vastly different.
他对此事的看法与我迥然不同。
Tā duì cǐshì de kànfǎ yǔ wǒ jiǒngrán bùtóng.
His view on this matter is entirely different from mine.

Tips

usage
Modern use centers on 迥异 and 迥然不同, both meaning 'utterly different'. The original sense 'far away' survives only in classical writing.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
to walk; movement
The walk radical, always written last. It contributes the idea of distance covered, supporting the meaning 'far apart'. Its strokes wrap around the lower left after the inner part is written.
phonetic
冋 jiōng
open country; borderland
Provides the sound, read 冋 and shifted to jiǒng here. Its sense of distant open country also reinforces the 'remote' meaning.

Stroke Order

迥 jiǒng