遥控

yáo kòng · HSK 7

remote control

📺🎮 遥 = distant/remote + 控 = control; together remote control

遥 means far or distant, 控 means to control. Stack them and you get controlling something from far away — a remote control. The 控 also shows up in 控制 (kòngzhì), to control.

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