long-distance, spur, fetlock
距 centers on a gap or separation between two points: a long distance, or a spur-like projection that creates space. The fetlock sense is a specific anatomical spur on a horse's leg.
距 combines 足 (foot/leg) with 巨, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something large or projecting. The original sense may have been a spur on a bird or horse's leg, later extended to distance.
The left side 足 means foot or leg, and the right side 巨 suggests something huge. Imagine a giant leg stepping across a vast distance, or a spur on a leg that sticks out like a huge projection.
For キョ, picture a huge spur on a horse's leg that looks like a key: key -> キョ, and the spur creates a distance between the horse and anything it kicks.
distance; range; interval
long distance; long haul
long distance; tele-
short distance
short distance; short range; short-haul
middle-distance (races)
tubular nectary; spur
talus; astragalus; anklebone
Levenshtein distance
intermediate-range ballistic missile; IRBM
intermediate-range ballistic missile
intermediate-range nuclear forces
intermediate-range nuclear forces
middle-distance race
middle-distance race
middle-distance running
usable distance (of a fiber)
(total) stopping distance
braking distance
audible distance