近

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

近 (radical 162 辵+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹一中 (YHML), four-corner 3230₂, composition ⿰辶斤)

1. near, close
2. approach
3. intimate

References

• KangXi: page 1254, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38752
• Dae Jaweon: page 1736, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3819, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8FD1

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Baekje

Adjective

近 (geun)

1. big

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Cantonese

Hanzi

近 (Yale gan6, kan5)

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Japanese

Kanji

近 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. nearby, close

Readings

• On: きん (kin), こん (kon)
• Kun: ちかい (chikai)

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Korean

Hanja

近 (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

近 (pinyin jìn (jin4), Wade-Giles chin⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

近 (cận, cặn, gàn, gần)