Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.
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遥远
Traditional: 遙遠
yáo yuǎn
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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yáo yuǎn · jiu4 jyun5 (Jyutping)
- distant; remote
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Character breakdown
遥
- Meaning
- far away, distant, remote
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- ⿺辶䍃
- Cangjie
- YBOU
- Four-corner
- 3730.7
远
- Meaning
- distant, remote, far; profound
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿺辶元
- Cangjie
- YMMU
- Four-corner
- 3130
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