将 jiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 丬 — half of tree trunk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
将近
jiāngjìn
nearly; almost
Characters in this word
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
- 他将近三十岁。 Tā jiāngjìn sānshí suì. He is nearly thirty.
- 现在将近九点。 Xiànzài jiāngjìn jiǔ diǎn. It is nearly nine now.
- 路将近一公里。 Lù jiāngjìn yì gōnglǐ. The road is nearly one kilometer.