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近 (jìn): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 2

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 近

近 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Semi-Enclosed

近=辶walk, road+斤axe

Walking (辶) close to an axe (斤) — to be near or approach within a short distance.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 近

HSK words that contain this character.

最近

zuì jìn

recently

附近

fù jìn

nearby

接近

jiē jìn

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 近 is used in context

zuì最

jìn近

tiān天

qì气

biàn变

de得

hěn

Information

Pinyinjìn

Meaningnear

Strokes7

Radical辶

Traditional近

StructureSemi-Enclosed

Frequency#357

Zhuyinㄐㄧㄣˋ

UnicodeU+8FD1

CangjieYHML

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be close to; to approach

HSK 5

近代

jìn dài

modern times

将近

jiāng jìn

be close to; almost; nearby

就近

jiù jìn

nearby; in the neighbourhood; without having to go far

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急功近利

jí gōng jìn lì

eager for quick success and instant benefits

近来

jìn lái

recently; lately

临近

lín jìn

Near

亲近

qīn jìn

Close

相近

xiāng jìn

similar

贴近

tiē jìn

to press close to

近年来

jìn nián lái

for the past few years

近日

jìn rì

(in) the past few days

近期

jìn qī

near in time

很

nuǎn暖

huo和

。

The weather has become very warm recently.

wǒ我

jiā家

lí离

xué学

xiào校

hěn很

jìn近

。

My home is very close to the school.

wǒ我

jiā家

fù附

jìn近

yǒu有

yí一

gè个

gōng公

yuán园

。

There is a park near my home.

qǐng请

màn慢

màn慢

jiē接

jìn近

nà那

zhī只

xiǎo小

māo猫

。

Please approach that little cat slowly.

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