Amazing Chinese Characters (701) Close or Near - 近

The big seal script of character Close or Near is

the left 

is Road (the top) and Foot (the bottom), which means walking on the road. 

The right is character Catty or Jin, here it means scissors or a tool used to cut.

Shortcut is closer to the destination, which is the meaning of the character.

The small seal script of character Close or Near is

The left is "walking on the road", the right is character Catty or Jin, here it means Cut.

The clerical script of character Close or Near is

The life and bottom is called Radical Walking Bottom, meaning walking on the road. The right is character Catty or Jin, here it means Cut.

The pinyin of the character is Jin4.