近
akin, early, near, tantamount
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:7
JLPT:4
Frequency:194
Vocabulary
キン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 近海 | キンカイ | coastal waters; adjacent seas |
| 近眼 | キンガン | nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia |
| 近畿 | キンキ | Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara) |
| 近距離 | キンキョリ | short distance |
| 近況 | キンキョウ | recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances |
コン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 近流 | コンル | banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 間近 | まぢか | near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here; just around the corner |
| 間近 | まじか | near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here; just around the corner |
| 近い | ちかい | near; close; short (distance); close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly; intimate; closely related; similar; almost the same; close to; nearly |
| 近く | ちかく | near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon |
| 近づく | ちかづく | to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
迅
fast, swift
Grade 8JLPT 1
斥
recede, reject, repel, repulse, retreat, withdraw
Grade 8JLPT 1
迎
greet, meet, welcome
Grade 8JLPT 3
逝
departed, die
Grade 8JLPT 1
逓
in turn, relay, sending
Grade 8JLPT 1
逆
inverted, opposite, reverse, wicked
Grade 5JLPT 2
迷
astray, be perplexed, err, illusion, in doubt, lost
Grade 5JLPT 3
迭
alternation, transfer
Grade 8JLPT 1
造
create, make, physique, structure
Grade 5JLPT 2
遅
back, late, later, slow
Grade 8JLPT 3