遐

xiá

叚 + 辶

Definitions

xiá (adjective) distant; far away

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Semantic: 辶 Phonetic: 叚

About

遐 is a phono-semantic compound: the walking radical 辶 indicates that the meaning involves distance or travel, while 叚 provides the sound and carries no semantic weight. The character means "distant" or "remote", and can describe vast physical distances as well as temporal remoteness, such as an advanced age or a time long past. It shares its phonetic component with the character for a jade blemish, but the walking radical shifts the meaning to spatial and temporal separation. It is used mainly in formal or literary writing.

Etymology Hide

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

我坐在窗前遐想。

Wǒ zuò zài chuāng qián xiáxiǎng.

I sit by the window and daydream.

这座城市遐迩闻名。

Zhè zuò chéngshì xiá'ěr wénmíng.

This city is famous far and near.

他的遐想总是非常生动。

Tā de xiáxiǎng zǒng shì fēicháng shēngdòng.

His daydreams are always very vivid.

宁静的夜晚令人遐思。

Níngjìng de yèwǎn lìng rén xiásī.

The quiet night leads one into deep thought.

她的目光投向遥远的遐方。

Tā de mùguāng tóu xiàng yáoyuǎn de xiáfāng.

Her gaze turns toward the distant faraway place.

每当听到这首歌，他就不禁陷入遐想。

Měi dāng tīng dào zhè shǒu gē, tā jiù bùjīn xiànrù xiáxiǎng.

Whenever he hears this song, he can't help but fall into reverie.

祝愿这位老人健康长寿，享尽遐龄。

Zhùyuàn zhè wèi lǎorén jiànkāng chángshòu, xiǎng jìn xiálíng.

I wish this elderly person health and longevity, enjoying a ripe old age.

尽管世事变迁，他对故乡的遐思却从未减退，反而随着年岁增长愈发深沉。

Jǐnguǎn shìshì biànqiān, tā duì gùxiāng de xiásī què cóng wèi jiǎntuì, fǎn'ér suízhe niánsuì zēngzhǎng yùfā shēnchén.

Despite all the changes in the world, his nostalgic longing for his hometown has never diminished; instead, it has grown deeper with the passing years.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 叚

Component: 辶

遐