远 yuǎn▶ lejos

Stroke order

远 is written in 7 strokes.

• 远

Senses

1. far
2. distant
3. remote
4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far
5. much (lower etc)

Example sentences

• 学校离我家很远。Xuéxiào lí wǒ jiā hěn yuǎn.The school is far from my home.
• 那儿太远了。Nàr tài yuǎn le.It is too far there.

Related words

• 永远para siempre
• 疏远alienación
• 遥远distante
• 任重道远Asumir una pesada carga y emprender un largo camino

远 is pronounced yuǎn and means “lejos”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 远 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.