"远" meaning in Chinese

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Character

Forms: For pronunciation and definitions of 远 – see 遠 . . Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China [canonical], and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong [canonical], and Taiwan. [canonical], “distant [romanization]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 辶 (“walk”) + phonetic 元. Unorthodox variant simplified from 遠 (袁 → 元) found in various moveable type copies of classical novels. First attested in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字 (súzì)) that have existed since the Song dynasty. Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声), {{m|zh|辶//||walk|tr=-}} 辶 (“walk”), {{m|zh|元//|||tr=-}} 元, {{Han compound|辶|元|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|no_och2=1|t1=walk}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 辶 (“walk”) + phonetic 元, {{Han simp|遠|f=袁|nocap=y|t=元}} simplified from 遠 (袁 → 元), {{l|zh|宋元以來俗字譜//|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=}} 宋元以來俗字譜, {{lw|zh|宋元以來俗字譜}} 宋元以來俗字譜, {{l|zh|俗字}} 俗字 (súzì)
  1. Tags: Macau, Malaysia, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-远-zh-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, CJKV simplified characters

Character

IPA: /joʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /joʊ̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: yóu [Mandarin, Pinyin], you² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], yóu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yóu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yóu [Mandarin, Yale], you [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ю [Mandarin, Palladius], ju [Mandarin, Palladius]
Etymology: Found in the historical Chinese dictionary Longkan Shoujian 《龍龕手鑑》 compiled in 997 AD. Etymology templates: {{l|zh|龍龕手鑑//|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=}} 龍龕手鑑, {{lw|zh|龍龕手鑑}} 龍龕手鑑 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 远
  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    Sense id: en-远-zh-character-xvbE2kAR Categories (other): Chinese terms with uncertain meaning, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Chinese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Chinese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100

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