懂中文 Dong Chinese

遙

yáo

far away

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 䍃 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

䍃 sound component

䍃  Sound component

yóu, yáo

  

vase, pitcher

Evolution

遙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

遥 (遙) 

yáo

far away, distant, remote; distant; remote; far; far away

Most common words with 遙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

遥远

distant

遥

distant

逍遥法外

still at large

遥控

remote control

遥控器

remote control