距
jù
#1,200 most
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Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
距 joins 𧾷 foot with 巨 jù, which sounds like the whole word. Its first sense was a bird's back toe, then it grew to mean arriving and being apart, and finally distance.
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Example Sentences
我家距学校很远。
wǒjiā jù xuéxiào hěn yuǎn 。
My home is far from the school.
这个地方距市中心有五公里。
zhègè dìfāng jù shì zhōngxīn yǒu wǔ gōnglǐ 。
This place is five kilometers away from the city center.
这座山距海平面很高。
zhè zuò shān jù hǎipíngmiàn hěngāo 。
This mountain is far from sea level.
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