近 Strokes Write it Listen 近 jìn near; close to; approximately HSK 2 7 strokes Radical 辶 Sound + meaning 19 words Built from辶meaningchuòto walk; walking斤soundjīna catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd How it works辶 hints at the meaning (walk), and 斤 jīn hints at the sound.