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最近

zuìjìn

recently

A flower beside a teacup
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Characters in this word

最 zuì

Strokes
12
Radical
曰 — to speak
Made of
日 sun 取 to take, to receive, to obtain
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

近 jìn

Strokes
7
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 斤 axe
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 最近很忙。 Zuìjìn hěn máng. I have been very busy recently.
  • 我最近很累。 Wǒ zuìjìn hěn lèi. I have been very tired recently.
  • 最近天气好。 Zuìjìn tiānqì hǎo. The weather has been good recently.

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