遙

yáo

far away, distant, remote

How to write 遙, stroke by stroke

(bound form) distant; remote; far away

Pictophonetic: semantic 辶 (walk), phonetic 䍃

Made of 辶 + 䍃

遙遠yáo yuǎndistant; remote
遙控器yáo kòng qìa remote control
遙控yáo kòngto direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
逍遙xiāo yáofree and unfettered
遙不可及yáo bù kě jíunattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant
逍遙法外xiāo yáo fǎ wàiunfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large
遙想yáo xiǎngto think about (the distant past or future)
遙感yáo gǎnremote sensing
遙控車yáo kòng chēradio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car)
遙望yáo wàngto look into the distance
遙測yáo cètelemetry
遙祝yáo zhùto send good wishes from afar

路遙知馬力，日久見人心。
lù yáo zhī mǎ lì ， rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn 。
It's in times like these that the character of a person becomes apparent.
一個好鄰居勝於一個遙遠的朋友。
yí gè hǎo lín jū shèng wū yí gè yáo yuǎn de péng yǒu 。
A good neighbour is better than a faraway friend.
電視遙控器是怎麼運作的？
diàn shì yáo kòng qì shì zěn mó yùn zuò de ？
How do TV remotes work?
把遙控器還給我！
bǎ yáo kòng qì huán gěi wǒ ！
Give me back the remote!
遙控器電池沒電了。
yáo kòng qì diàn chí méi diàn le 。
The remote control batteries died.