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近

near
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingキン、コン
Kun readingちか.い
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

近い近く近所最近近代接近近眼近々近郊近視

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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axe (斤) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1210

Compound words

近いちかい
near; close; short (distance); close (in time); soon
近くちかく
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")
近所きんじょ
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
最近さいきん
recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
近代きんだい
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
接近せっきん
getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.)
近眼きんがん
nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
近郊きんこう
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
近視きんし
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
近々ちかぢか
soon; before long; shortly; in the near future; close (by)
間近まぢか
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching
近海きんかい
coastal waters; adjacent seas
近畿きんき
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
近況きんきょう
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
近頃ちかごろ
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully
近親きんしん
near relative
近世きんせい
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
近日きんじつ
soon; in a few days
近年きんねん
recent years
近辺きんぺん
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
近隣きんりん
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
身近みぢか
near oneself; close to one; familiar
側近そっきん
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
付近ふきん
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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