Character: 遠
Modern (Beijing) reading: yuǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: whanʔ
Classic Old Chinese: whán
Western Han Chinese: whán
Eastern Han Chinese: whán
Early Postclassic Chinese: whán
Middle Postclassic Chinese: whǝ́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: whǝ́n
Middle Chinese: wǝ́n
English meaning : be far away, distant, far-reaching, extending
Russian meaning[s]: 1) далекий, дальний, отдаленный; далеко; вдаль; издалека; 2) намного, значительно; 3) долго; надолго; продолжительный; 4) дальновидный, прозорливый; [yuàn] удалять(ся); сторониться; отстранять(ся)
Comments: Also read *whanʔ-s, MC wǝ̀n, Mand. yuàn 'to keep at a distance, keep away'. For *wh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen hŋ6, Chaozhou hŋ6, Fuzhou huoŋ6. Etymology see under 違.
Radical: 162
Four-angle index: 6593
Karlgren code: 0256 f-g
Vietnamese reading: viễn
Shijing occurrences: 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 33.3, 35.2, 39.2, 51.1, 51.2, 54.2_
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