Chinese symbol for “recent”
近期
jìn qī
near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recent is 近期 (jìn qī), defined as: near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “recent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 近期.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently; soon |
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 接近 | jiē jìn | to approach; to get close to |
| 近日 | jìn rì | (in) the past few days; recently |
| 近年来 (近年來) | jìn nián lái | for the past few years |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recent”.
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.