远 yuǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 元 first
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
远处
yuǎnchù
far away
Characters in this word
处 chù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夂 — to go
- Made of
- 夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 远处有山。 Yuǎnchù yǒu shān. There are mountains far away.
- 我看远处。 Wǒ kàn yuǎnchù. I look into the distance.
- 远处有人吗？ Yuǎnchù yǒu rén ma? Is anyone there far away?