Memory phrase for the Kanji: 近

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Left: movement 辶, right: axe 斤

What an axe reaches with its movement is: near/close.

辶	movement	The radical shinnyuu* stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴*
斤	axe	Image of an axe, probably with the handle on the left.

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近い	ちかい	near, close by, short distance
近く	ちかく	near, neighbourhood, vicinity
付近	ふきん	neighbourhood, vicinity, environs
最近	さいきん	latest, most recent, nowadays
近所	きんじょ	neighborhood
手近	てぢか	near, handy, familiar
接近	せっきん	getting closer, approaching
身近	みぢか	near oneself, close to one, familiar
近付ける	ちかづける	to bring near, to put close

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