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遠 means 'far away'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 496   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-12    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 26    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 160 words   Used in 231 words   Used in 696 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   エン   オン
Kun
   とお far
Name    お   おに   ど   どお
⿺   () move   long kimono  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 遠 is used 13 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 遠 is used 220 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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エン : 157 words FIND ALL
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eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
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オン : 4 words FIND ALL
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noun
banishment or exile (punishment under the ritsuryo system)
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とお : 54 words FIND ALL
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far; distant
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とお (read as どお) : 5 words FIND ALL
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at long distance; in long intervals
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An additional オン less common words include 遠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 85 (originally: 79)  Joy o' Kanji : 79  Key to Kanji: 54 

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エン   オン   far away   とお far   
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long kimono
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
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