KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小27 strokesRadical 辵#194 in newspapers

近 · near, early

近 is a kanji meaning near, early, akin, tantamount. It has 7 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

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In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 近
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
近いちかい	ちかい	near, close by, short	N5
近くちかく	ちかく	nearby; in the neighborhood	N5
最近さいきん	さいきん	recently, nowadays, in recent years, most recent, latest	N4
近所きんじょ	きんじょ	neighborhood	N4
近代きんだい	きんだい	modern times	N3
近視きんし	きんし	nearsightedness	N3

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More words that use 近
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
近頃ちかごろ	ちかごろ	lately, recently, nowadays	N3
接近せっきん	せっきん	getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching	N2
近々ちかぢか	ちかぢか	soon, before long	N2
近付けるちかづける	ちかづける	to bring near, to put close, to let come near	N2
近寄るちかよる	ちかよる	to approach, to draw near	N2
付近ふきん	ふきん	neighborhood, vicinity	N2
近眼きんがん	きんがん	nearsightedness	N1
近郊きんこう	きんこう	suburbs, outskirts	N1
手近てぢか	てぢか	near, handy, familiar	N1
身近みぢか	みぢか	near oneself, close to one, familiar	N1

近くに病院がある。

ちかくにびょういんがある

There is a hospital nearby.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #179875 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

7 strokes