遥

(bound form) distant; remote; far away

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 䍃 (phonetic, yáo)

components: 辶䍃

remote · Heisig RSH #1445

can opener + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 䍃

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 䍃 (yáo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
䍃 sound component	yáo	vase, pitcher, earthenware
摇	yáo	to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave
瑶	yáo	precious jade
谣	yáo	rumor; folksong, ballad
繇	yáo	cause, means, reason
鳐	yáo	the nautilus; the ray
徭	yáo	conscripted labor
飖	yáo	floating in the air; drifting on the wind

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
路遥知马力，日久见人心	lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn	just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true he…
平遥县	Píng yáo Xiàn	Pingyao, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市\|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi
遥不可及	yáo bù kě jí	unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant
路途遥远	lù tú yáo yuǎn	it's a very long journey to get there
遥控操作	yáo kòng cāo zuò	remote operation
遥控车	yáo kòng chē	radio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car)
遥控器	yáo kòng qì	a remote control
平遥	Píng yáo	see 平遙縣\|平遥县[Ping2 yao2 Xian4]
遥遥无期	yáo yáo wú qī	far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
遥远	yáo yuǎn	distant; remote
遥感	yáo gǎn	remote sensing
遥遥领先	yáo yáo lǐng xiān	(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
遥观	yáo guān	to look into the distance
遥望	yáo wàng	to look into the distance
遥想	yáo xiǎng	to think about (the distant past or future)
遥测	yáo cè	telemetry
遥控	yáo kòng	to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
逍遥法外	xiāo yáo fǎ wài	unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. cri…
逍遥自得	xiāo yáo zì dé	doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
逍遥自在	xiāo yáo zì zai	free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at la…