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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)
Common readings
On
   エン   オン
Kun
   とおい far
Additional readings
Name    お   おに   ど   どお
Variants
远 (Chinese)  
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  袁 long kimono  
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園 garden  
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Most useful words by reading
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
え い え ん 0
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
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オン : 4 words FIND ALL
お ん る 1
noun
banishment or exile (punishment under the ritsuryo system)
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とおい : 54 words FIND ALL
と お い 0
far; distant
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とおい (read as どお) : 5 words FIND ALL
ま ど お 0
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.
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Additional data
Henshall: 85 (originally: 79)  Joy o' Kanji : 79  Key to Kanji: 54 

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