近

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近 U+8FD1, 近
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FD1
← 运
[U+8FD0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 迒 →
[U+8FD2]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character[edit]

近 (radical 162, 辵+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹一中 (YHML), four-corner 32302, composition ⿺辶斤)

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 近
simp. # 近
alternative forms 𣥍

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 近
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
近-seal.svg 近-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘄 *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈 *ɡɯl
頎 *ɡɯl
旂 *ɡɯl
圻 *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚 *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓 *ɡɯl
玂 *ɡɯl
沂 *ŋɡɯl
掀 *qʰan
釿 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽 *ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤 *kɯn, *kɯns
菦 *kɯnʔ
靳 *kɯns
劤 *kɯns
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
赾 *kʰɯnʔ
芹 *ɡɯn
近 *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦 *ŋɡɯn
欣 *qʰɯn
忻 *qʰɯn
昕 *qʰɯn
訢 *qʰɯn
炘 *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤 *qʰɯn
庍 *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮 *qʰɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns): semantic 辶 (“walk”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns) – to be near something.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • kan5 - vernacular;
  • gan6 - literary.
  • Gan
  • Hakka
  • Jin
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Note:
    • jin5 - vernacular;
    • jin4 - literary.
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 近
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
    Harbin /t͡ɕin⁵³/
    Tianjin /t͡ɕin⁵³/
    Jinan /t͡ɕiẽ²¹/
    Qingdao /t͡ɕiə̃⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /t͡ɕin³¹²/
    Xi'an /t͡ɕiẽ⁴⁴/
    Xining /t͡ɕiə̃²¹³/
    Yinchuan /t͡ɕiŋ¹³/
    Lanzhou /t͡ɕĩn¹³/
    Ürümqi /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/
    Wuhan /t͡ɕin³⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡ɕin¹³/
    Guiyang /t͡ɕin²¹³/
    Kunming /t͡ɕĩ¹/
    Nanjing /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    Hefei /t͡ɕin⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiəŋ⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /t͡ɕiŋ³⁵/
    Hohhot /t͡ɕĩŋ⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
    Suzhou /d͡ʑin³¹/
    Hangzhou /d͡ʑin¹³/
    Wenzhou /d͡ʑaŋ³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʌ̃³⁵/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕʰin²⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    /t͡ɕin¹¹/
    Xiangtan /d͡ʑin²¹/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰin²¹/
    Hakka Meixian /kʰiun⁴⁴/ 好～
    /kʰiun⁵³/ ～來
    Taoyuan /kʰuŋ²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /kɐn²²/
    Nanning /kʰɐn²⁴/
    /kɐn²²/
    Hong Kong /kɐn²²/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kun²²/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /køyŋ²⁴²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kyiŋ⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /kɯŋ³⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /kin³³/
    Rime
    Character 近 近
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30)
    Final (韻) 欣 (57) 欣 (57)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III III
    Fanqie 其謹切 巨靳切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ɡɨnX/ /ɡɨnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ɡɨnX/ /ɡɨnH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ɡiənX/ /ɡiənH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/gɨnX/ /gɨnH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ɡiənX/ /ɡiənH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ɡĭənX/ /ɡĭənH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/gi̯ənX/ /gi̯ənH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jìn jìn
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 近 近
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jìn jìn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ gjɨnX › ‹ gjɨnH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*N-kərʔ/ /*s-N-kərʔ-s/
    English near be near to (v.t.)

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 近 近
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 6659 6660
    Phonetic
    component         		斤 斤
    Rime
    group         		文 文
    Rime
    subdivision         		1 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		近 近
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡɯnʔ/ /*ɡɯns/

    Definitions[edit]

    近

    1. near; close
      Antonym: 遠／远 (yuǎn)
    2. intimate; close (on affectionate terms)
    3. approximately
    4. to approach
    5. (dialectal) to make a profit; to earn
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (intimate):
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    Synonyms of 近

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 近

    Further reading[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    近

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. near, close

    Readings[edit]

    Proper noun[edit]

    近(こん) • (Kon) 

    1. A surname​.

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    近 (eumhun 가까울 근 (gakkaul geun))

    1. Hanja form? of 근 (“near; close”).

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    近: Hán Nôm readings: cận, cặn, gàn, gần

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