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远 — far; distant; remote

far; distant; remote; by far; much

Pinyin
yuǎn · yuàn
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — yuǎn, yuàn — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 远: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

远 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 远 in the HSK syllabus: 20

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote; by far; muchHSK 2
  2. 永远yǒngyuǎnforever; eternalHSK 4
  3. 远离yuǎnlíto be far from; to keep away fromHSK 4
  4. 长远chángyuǎnlong-term; long-rangeHSK 5
  5. 久远jiǔyuǎnlasting; enduring; extending over a long period of timeHSK 5
  6. 深远shēnyuǎnfar-reaching; profound and long-lastingHSK 5
  7. 跳远tiàoyuǎnlong jumpHSK 5
  8. 遥远yáoyuǎndistant; remoteHSK 6
  9. 远程yuǎnchéngremote; long distance; long rangeHSK 6
  10. 远方yuǎnfāngfar away; a distant locationHSK 6
  11. 边远biānyuǎnfar from the center; remote; outlyingHSK 7–9
  12. 敬而远之jìng’éryuǎnzhīto show respect from a distanceHSK 7–9
  13. 偏远piānyuǎnremote; far from civilizationHSK 7–9
  14. 绕远儿ràoyuǎnrto go the long way round; to take a circuitous routeHSK 7–9
  15. 任重道远rènzhòng-dàoyuǎna heavy load and a long roadHSK 7–9
  16. 疏远shūyuǎnto drift apart; to become estranged; to alienateHSK 7–9
  17. 望远镜wàngyuǎnjìngtelescope; binocularsHSK 7–9
  18. 源远流长yuányuǎn-liúchángof long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient timesHSK 7–9
  19. 远见yuǎnjiànforesight; discernment; visionHSK 7–9
  20. 远近闻名yuǎnjìn-wénmíngto be known far and wide; to be well-knownHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.