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
近代
jìndài
modern times
Characters in this word
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 近代中国很难。 Jìndài Zhōngguó hěn nán. Modern China had a hard time.
- 他学近代史。 Tā xué jìndàishǐ. He studies modern history.
- 近代变化大。 Jìndài biànhuà dà. Changes were big in modern times.
Related words
- 近 jìn near; close
- 最近 zuìjìn recently
- 将近 jiāngjìn nearly; almost
- 接近 jiējìn to be close to; to approach
- 近期 jìnqī recently; soon
- 附近 fùjìn nearby
- 近来 jìnlái recently
- 靠近 kàojìn to get close to; near
- 代 dài generation; age
- 代表 dàibiǎo representative; to represent
- 代表团 dàibiǎotuán delegation
- 古代 gǔdài ancient times