近 jìn▶ gần

Stroke order

近 is written in 7 strokes.

• 近

Senses

1. near
2. close to
3. approximately

Example sentences

• 我家离商店很近。Wǒ jiā lí shāngdiàn hěn jìn.My home is close to the store.
• 公司离这儿很近吗？Gōngsī lí zhèr hěn jìn ma?Is the company close to here?

Related words

• 最近gần đây
• 附近gần đó
• 接近gần
• 近代Hiện đại
• 将近gần như
• 就近Gần đó

近 is pronounced jìn and means “gần”. It belongs to the HSK 2 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 近 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.