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近 jìn — “near”

How to write and say the Chinese character 近 (jìn), which means near — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Position & direction.

Stroke order笔顺

近 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

辶 (walk) hints at the meaning, and 斤 lends its sound — together they make 近.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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