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Chinese symbol for “distal”

远端
yuǎn duān
Traditional: 遠端
the far end (of an object); remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network); (anatomy) distal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for distal is 远端 (yuǎn duān), defined as: the far end (of an object); remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network); (anatomy) distal.

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Characters and stroke order

远 yuǎn
distant, remote, far; profound
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes
端 duān
end, extreme; head; beginning
radical 117 ⽴ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 远端.

WordPinyinMeaning
永远 (永遠)yǒng yuǎnforever; eternal
远离 (遠離)yuǎn líto be far from; to keep away from
遥远 (遙遠)yáo yuǎndistant; remote
远远 (遠遠)yuǎn yuǎndistant; by far
深远 (深遠)shēn yuǎnfar-reaching; profound and long-lasting
远程 (遠程)yuǎn chéngremote; long distance
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme
高端gāo duānhigh-end

See also: Japanese symbol for “distal”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.