迩 (ěr): near; close

Meanings

1 near; close
2 recently

Characters

迩

ěr

near; close

Examples

他的名字遐迩闻名。

Tā de míngzi xiá ěr wénmíng.

His name is known far and near.

这个地方闻名遐迩。

Zhège dìfang wénmíng xiá ěr.

This place is famous both near and far.

Tips

usage

Literary word for "near." Mostly survives in 遐迩 (far and near), as in 遐迩闻名 (famous everywhere). Compare the everyday word 近.

Components

radical

辶 chuò

to walk; movement

The walk radical is written last in stroke order and wraps the lower-left. It links 迩 to ideas of distance and travel, here the nearness of a place one can reach.

phonetic

尔 ěr

you; thus

Sits inside the wrap and supplies the reading ěr, with no semantic contribution to the meaning "near."

Stroke Order

迩 ěr

Related Words

闻名遐迩 wénmíng-xiá'ěr #41,172

famous far and wide / renowned everywhere / known to people near and far

亲近 qīnjìn HSK 7-9 #4,365

close; intimate / to be close to / to get close to

关闭 guānbì HSK 4 #2,087

to close; to shut / to shut down; to close down

靠近 kàojìn HSK 5 #1,711

to be close to / to approach / to draw near

接近 jiējìn HSK 3 #1,353

to approach; to get close to / close to; nearly

近 jìn HSK 2 #1,100

near / close

挨 āi #5,027

next to; close to; touching / in sequence; one by one

附 fù HSK 7-9 #4,613

to attach / to be close to / enclosed

结案 jiéàn #5,133

to close a case / to conclude a case

了结 liǎojié HSK 7-9 #4,200

to settle; to resolve; to bring to a close / to put an end to