jìn

near; close to; approximately

Radical: 辶 HSK 2 a, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

近 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 近

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 近.

临近
lín jìn
close to
亲近
qīn jìn
intimate
傍近
bàng jìn
to be close to
凑近
còu jìn
to approach
几近
jī jìn
to be on the brink of
凡近
fán jìn
with little learning
切近
qiè jìn
very close
四近
sì jìn
nearby
将近
jiāng jìn
almost
就近
jiù jìn
nearby
左近
zuǒ jìn
near by
抄近
chāo jìn
to take a shortcut

Related characters (radical 辶)

Characters that share the radical .

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