TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
遙
遙 ＝ 辶 ＋ 䍃
ㄧㄠˊ · yáo
adj — far, distant, remote (遙遠, 遙望)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義walking, going
䍃聲yáo — gives the sounda pot 缶 with a hand-mark above — the same piece inside 搖、瑤、謠
The walking radical (辶) with 䍃 yáo for the sound — the piece that also drives 搖、瑤、謠. Going and going and not arriving: the road stretched out far. 遙遠、遙望、逍遙.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一路走著（辶），䍃（yáo）在旁邊應聲——走得再久還沒到，遠。
On and on down the road (辶), 䍃 sounding it out (yáo) — walk however long and still not there: far.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)遙遠— far, distant常用
→遙望、遙想— to gaze or think across a distance
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension