Radical 辶

7 strokes

road 辶 (26a) + axe 斤 (240) = close 近

[近来 (65) jìnlái recently, nowadays]

[接近 (203) jiējìn be close to]

An axe was lying in the road and he swerved dramatically to avoid it. “that was close!” / In the passenger seat the dwarf had a swift swig of his gin to recover!