yáo

far away

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

䍃 sound component

  Sound component

yóuyáo

  

vase, pitcher

Evolution

遥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
遥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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yáo

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

Most common words with 遥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

遥远

distant

distant

逍遥法外

still at large

遥控

remote control

遥控器

remote control