The kanji 遠: meaning, readings and stroke order

遠

Meaning: far
On reading: エン en、オン* on
Kun reading: とお（い） tooi
Strokes: 13
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xa (viễn)
Japanese: とおい。
Korean: 멀다 (원)
Chinese: 远

Readings, words and example sentences

エン en · on reading

遠えん足そく
school trip, field trip
明日は 遠えん足そくです。
Tomorrow is our school trip.

とお（い） tooi · kun reading

遠とおい
far
学校は家から 遠とおいです。
School is far from my house.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.