Read Edit View history 近 jìn HSK2 near Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas jìn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 辶 is a component form of 辵. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 近 Simp strokes 近 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 近 Simp strokes 近 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 近 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 774, 743 ], [ 701, 750 ], [ 649, 713 ], [ 556, 668 ], [ 552, 656 ] ], [ [ 468, 678 ], [ 486, 668 ], [ 511, 639 ], [ 513, 543 ], [ 499, 409 ], [ 476, 338 ], [ 452, 295 ], [ 400, 235 ], [ 361, 209 ] ], [ [ 543, 484 ], [ 555, 491 ], [ 804, 543 ], [ 835, 544 ], [ 893, 532 ] ], [ [ 663, 485 ], [ 700, 466 ], [ 704, 451 ], [ 699, 98 ] ], [ [ 233, 767 ], [ 319, 708 ], [ 341, 670 ] ], [ [ 102, 471 ], [ 142, 468 ], [ 263, 505 ], [ 276, 504 ], [ 302, 484 ], [ 293, 439 ], [ 261, 381 ], [ 258, 362 ], [ 267, 322 ], [ 287, 285 ], [ 301, 235 ], [ 297, 212 ], [ 280, 195 ] ], [ [ 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76,159 74,153C71,149 72,144 79,136C88,125 102,115 119,105C126,102 137,104 150,112C203,149 254,161 308,148C350,138 417,113 506,68C649,-2 753,-32 816,-22C834,-18 900,11 937,35C952,46 952,50 936,50C783,50 645,70 530,109C458,133 374,185 299,190C282,191 282,191 273,192Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.