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迥

jiǒng

Character

What 迥 means

1. distant

Other readings

迥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiǒngvariant of {迥|jiǒng}
• jiǒngold variant of {迥|jiǒng}

Words starting with 迥

• 迥异jiǒng yìtotally different
• 迥然不同jiǒng rán bù tóngwidely different; utterly different
• 迥然jiǒng ránvastly (different)

Characters built on 冋

These share the phonetic component 冋 (jiōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 炯jiǒngbright; clear
• 扃jiōng(literary) to shut or bolt a door; door

Characters that look like 迥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 迟chílate; delayed; slow
• 逃táoto escape; to run away; to flee
• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅

Sounds the same

Read jiǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 窘distressed; embarrassed
• 炯bright; clear
• 炅(literary) bright; shining; brilliance
• 囧(archaic) light, bright (variant of 冏; (since c. 2005)…
• 冏velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family; bright
• 泂vast
• 煚fire
• 颎blaze; bright
• 澃clear
• 䌹monotone garment with no lining
• 褧monotone garment with no lining
• 綗variant of 䌹