WHOLE CHARACTER
近
close; near (distance); recent; not long before; intimate; closely related; similar; nearly the same
近 means close or near: 附近 'nearby', 最近 'recently'. Things almost alike are 接近 'nearly the same'.
ZDIC: 形声，从辶、斤声.
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近
close; near (distance); recent; not long before; intimate; closely related; similar; nearly the same
近 means close or near: 附近 'nearby', 最近 'recently'. Things almost alike are 接近 'nearly the same'.
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
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ZDIC: 形声，从辶、斤声.
OUTER FRAME: THE WALKING/MOVEMENT WRAP
辶
walk; movement (from 辵)
The walking wrapper; a bound radical form, not a standalone page.
In 近: outer frame: the walking/movement wrap Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
INNER: THE SOUND PIECE 斤 (JĪN)
斤
an axe; a weight unit
A standalone character and radical; ZDIC names it the meaning side of 新.
In 近: inner: the sound piece 斤 (jīn) jìn keeps the jīn frame — same initial and final, only the tone changes.
Tone 4
- close; near (distance)
- recent; not long before
- intimate; closely related
- similar; nearly the same
- 附近nearby
- 最近recently
- 近代modern times
- 接近to be close to
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