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近 — near; close to; approximately

Pinyin
jìn
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 近: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

近 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 近 in the HSK syllabus: 20

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 近jìnnear; close to; approximatelyHSK 2
  2. 附近fùjìnnearby; neighboring; vicinity; neighborhoodHSK 3
  3. 最近zuìjìnrecently; soon; nearestHSK 3
  4. 将近jiāngjìnalmost; nearly; close toHSK 5
  5. 接近jiējìnto approach; to get close toHSK 5
  6. 近代jìndàithe not-very-distant pastHSK 5
  7. 近年来jìnnián láifor the past few yearsHSK 5
  8. 近期jìnqīnear in time; in the near future; very soon; recentHSK 5
  9. 近日jìnrìthe past few days; recently; the next few daysHSK 5
  10. 靠近kàojìnto be close to; to approach; to draw nearHSK 5
  11. 近来jìnláirecently; latelyHSK 6
  12. 近视jìnshìmyopic; nearsighted; shortsightedHSK 6
  13. 贴近tiējìnto press close to; to snuggle close; intimateHSK 6
  14. 逼近bījìnto press on towards; to close in on; to approachHSK 7–9
  15. 急功近利jígōng-jìnlìseeking instant benefit; shortsighted vision, looking only for fast returnHSK 7–9
  16. 就近jiùjìnnearby; in a close neighborhoodHSK 7–9
  17. 临近línjìnto approach; to draw near; to be close toHSK 7–9
  18. 亲近qīnjìnclose; intimateHSK 7–9
  19. 相近xiāngjìnclose; similar toHSK 7–9
  20. 远近闻名yuǎnjìn-wénmíngto be known far and wide; to be well-knownHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.