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近
Meaning
- near
- close to
- approximately
Example sentence
期限近了。
The deadline is approaching.
The character 近
近 has 辶, walking, with 斤 for the sound: near in space and in time. 附近 nearby, 最近 lately, 接近 to approach, 近期 in the near future — and 远 is its opposite in every one.