永远(yǒng yuǎn) - forever, always, permanently in Mandarin

A compound of 永 (yǒng, 'eternal, long') and 远 (yuǎn, 'far, distant'), meaning 'forever'. 永 derives from a depiction of a long flowing stream of water; 远 is a phono-semantic compound of 辶 (the movement radical) with 元 (yuán) as phonetic.

Origin

compound

Root

永 (yǒng, 'eternal'; from flowing water) + 远 (yuǎn, 'far'; 辶 movement + 元 yuán phonetic)