Entry
  1. Adverb (fukushi)

    by far; far and away; much; far

    Usually written using kana alone

    鉄は金より遥かに役に立つ。
    Iron is much more useful than gold.
  2. far away; far off; in the distance

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. long ago; long before

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 遙かに【はるかに】

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Characters in this word

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far off, distant, long ago

Kun
はる.か
On
ヨウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2376 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 56

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Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
3-3-9SKIP code
2q10.3The Kanji Dictionary
3230.7, 3730.7Four corner code
9065Unicode hex code
1-45-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6075New Nelson (John Haig)
3141New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3895Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2007Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2708Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2418Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2498Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2248Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
yao2Pinyin reading
yoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
56WaniKani level