遥 – far off, distant, long ago

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The kanji 遥 means far off, distant, long ago. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ (you); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はる.か (haruka). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
Kun’yomi	はる.か	haruka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 干・込・爪・凵.

Words using 遥

遥かはるかfar away

Kanji with the same radical

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