Chinese Character 近 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

近 meaning^[3] in English

Near.

Close To.

Approximately.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 近 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and catty (斤)

Its radical^[1] is: 辵 (chuo4) which means: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character), .辵chuo4to walk …

In cangjie it is written with YHML

How to write 近

To write近jin4near you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 斤jin1catty arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 斤 = 近

近 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 近 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 近, looks as follow: