近
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near; close to; approximately
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Dict coverage rank #662 U+8FD1
How 近 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 斤 (phonetic, jīn)
How to remember it
near · Heisig RSH #927
tomahawk + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 斤
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 斤 (jīn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斤 sound component | jīn | a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd |
| 欣 | xīn | delighted, happy, joyous |
| 芹 | qín | celery |
| 祈 | qí | to pray, to entreat, to beseech |
| 沂 | yí | a river in southeast Shandong |
| 忻 | xīn | pleasant, joyful, delightful |
| 蕲 | qí | to pray, to implore; herb; Artemesia |
| 圻 | qí | border, boundary |
| 靳 | jìn | a strap on a horse's breast |
| 昕 | xīn | day, dawn, early morning |
| 颀 | qí | tall and slim; slender |
Words containing 近
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 近地天体 | jìn dì tiān tǐ | near-Earth object (NEO) |
| 不近人情 | bù jìn rén qíng | (idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable |
| 近地点 | jìn dì diǎn | apsis; perigee |
| 近场通信 | jìn chǎng tōng xìn | (computing) near-field communication (NFC) |
| 近日点 | jìn rì diǎn | perihelion, the nearest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; lower apsis |
| 近打河 | Jìn dǎ Hé | Kinta River in Perak, Malaysia |
| 平易近人 | píng yì jìn rén | amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing; modest and unassuming; (of writing) plain and… |
| 近年来 | jìn nián lái | for the past few years |
| 近在眼前 | jìn zài yǎn qián | right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent |
| 近义词 | jìn yì cí | near-synonym |
| 近人 | jìn rén | contemporary; modern person; close friend; associate; intimate |
| 近水楼台先得月 | jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè | the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom); to benefit from intimacy… |
| 远水不救近火 | yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ | see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3] |
| 拉近 | lā jìn | to pull sb close to oneself; (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离[ju4 li2]) to bridge (the … |
| 钱多事少离家近 | qián duō shì shǎo lí jiā jìn | lots of money, less work, and close to home; ideal job |
| 近海 | jìn hǎi | coastal waters; offshore |
| 远水救不了近火 | yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ | water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here; (fig.) a slow … |
| 近视眼 | jìn shì yǎn | nearsightedness; myopia |
| 假性近视 | jiǎ xìng jìn shì | pseudomyopia |
| 近道 | jìn dào | shortcut; a quicker method |