Chinese symbol for “approach”
接近
jiē jìn
to approach; to get close to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for approach is 接近 (jiē jìn), defined as: to approach; to get close to.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “approach”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来临 (來臨) | lái lín | to approach; to come closer |
| 临近 (臨近) | lín jìn | to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time) |
| 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after |
| 走近 | zǒu jìn | to approach; to draw near to |
| 凌 | líng | to approach; to rise high |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 接近.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 链接 (鏈接) | liàn jiē | to link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink |
| 接触 (接觸) | jiē chù | to touch; to contact |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently; soon |
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time; in the near future |
See also: Japanese symbol for “approach”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.