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
近来
jìnlái
recently
Characters in this word
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 近来你好吗？ Jìn lái nǐ hǎo ma? How have you been lately?
- 近来我很忙。 Jìn lái wǒ hěn máng. I have been busy lately.
- 近来天气冷。 Jìn lái tiān qì lěng. The weather has been cold lately.