遥 — Chinese character
遥
yáo
distant, remote
- Pinyin
- yáo
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 辶 䍃
- Formation
- pictophonetic — walk; meaning component 辶; sound component 䍃
- Traditional
- 遙
- Japanese
- 遥 as a kanji
Common words with 遥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遥远 (遙遠) | yáo yuǎn | distant; remote |
| 遥控 (遙控) | yáo kòng | to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control |
| 逍遥 (逍遙) | xiāo yáo | free and unfettered |
| 遥感 (遙感) | yáo gǎn | remote sensing |
| 逍遥法外 (逍遙法外) | xiāo yáo fǎ wài | unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes) |
| 遥控器 (遙控器) | yáo kòng qì | a remote control |
| 遥不可及 (遙不可及) | yáo bù kě jí | unattainable; far-fetched |
| 遥遥 (遙遙) | yáo yáo | distant; remote |
| 遥遥领先 (遙遙領先) | yáo yáo lǐng xiān | (idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin |
| 遥测 (遙測) | yáo cè | telemetry |
| 遥遥无期 (遙遙無期) | yáo yáo wú qī | far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever |
| 遥望 (遙望) | yáo wàng | to look into the distance |
English words written with 遥
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.