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Chinese symbol for “vicinity”

附近
fù jìn
nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vicinity is 附近 (fù jìn), defined as: nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

附 fù
nearby; to adhere to, to attach; to rely on
radical 170 ⾩ · 8 strokes
近 jìn
to approach; near, close; intimate
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “vicinity”

WordPinyinMeaning
邻近 (鄰近)lín jìnneighboring; adjacent
侧近 (側近)cè jìnvicinity; nearby area
邻区 (鄰區)lín qūneighborhood; vicinity

Related words

Other words that share a character with 附近.

WordPinyinMeaning
附属 (附屬)fù shǔsubsidiary; auxiliary
附加fù jiāadditional; annex
附带 (附帶)fù dàisupplementary; incidentally
附件fù jiànappendix (in a document); enclosure (accompanying a document)
依附yī fùto adhere; to attach oneself to
最近zuì jìnrecently; soon
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
近期jìn qīnear in time; in the near future

See also: Japanese symbol for “vicinity”.

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.

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