近
Meanings
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- 1.near
- 2.close to
- 3.approximately
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Wiktionary
- 1.near; close
- 2.intimate; close (on affectionate terms)
- 3.to approach; to be close to
- 4.easy to understand
- 5.to make a profit; to earn
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns): semantic 辶 (“walk”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns) – to be near something. Karlgren (1933) relates 近 (OC *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns) to 幾 (OC *kɯl, “imminent”). 近 (OC *ɡɯns, “to come near to; to approach”) is the exoactive/causative derivation of 近 (OC *ɡɯnʔ, “to be near”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Vietic *t-kəɲ, whence Vietnamese gần (“near”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
期限近了。
The deadline is approaching.
機場很近。
The airport is close by.
將近三點了。
It's almost three o'clock.
將近三點了。
It's nearly three o'clock.
圣诞节近了。
Christmas drew near.
我的家离学校很近。
My house is near the school.
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Derived terms
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