遥 — kanji meaning “far off”
遥
far off, distant, long ago
- Meanings
- far off, distant, long ago
- On'yomi
- ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi
- はる.か
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2376 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- yáo — Chinese character page
Words with 遥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遥か | はるか haruka | far away; far off; far |
| 逍遥 | しょうよう shouyou | ramble; saunter; walk |
| 遥拝 | ようはい youhai | worshipping from afar |
| 遥かに | はるかに harukani | by far; far and away; much |
| 遥々 | はるばる harubaru | from afar; over a great distance; all the way |
| 遥遠 | ようえん youen | far away; very far off; remote |
| 遥か彼方 | はるかかなた harukakanata | faraway; far-off |
| 逍遥学派 | しょうようがくは shouyougakuha | Peripatetic school |
| 遥か昔 | はるかむかし harukamukashi | long ago |
| 遥か遠く | はるかとおく harukatooku | far away in the distance; in the far distance |
| 遥任 | ようにん younin | absentee appointment to a distant administrative post (Nara and Heian periods) |
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