远

遠

yuǎn

adjective HSK 1 #508

Meanings

1 far
2 distant

Characters

far; distant; remote

Walk radical 辶 on the bottom — distance involves walking

Examples

学校离这里远吗？

Xuéxiào lí zhèlǐ yuǎn ma?

Is the school far from here?

不远，走路十分钟。

Bù yuǎn, zǒulù shí fēnzhōng.

Not far, ten minutes on foot.

他来自很远的地方。

Tā láizì hěn yuǎn de dìfang.

He comes from a very far away place.

Tips

grammar

The pattern for asking about distance is: A 离 B 远吗？(Is A far from B?) The opposite of 远 is 近 (jìn, near).

Stroke Order

远 yuǎn