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.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- キンkin
- コンkon
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- ちかいchikai
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 近 · 16 in our JLPT lists
| 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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| 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 |
Example sentence
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.
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