Kanji1 / 7
近 kanji
near, early, akin, tantamount
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
キンコン
Kun readings
ちかい
Words with 近
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —遠近法Popularperspective
- —近距離Popularshort distance; close range
- —近代的Popularmodern
- —親近感Popularaffinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
- —近代詩Popularmodern poetry; modern-style poetry
- —遠近distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
- —近縁close relation (association)
- —近刊forthcoming publication; to be published soon; coming soon; in preparation; recent publication
- —近郷neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
- —近県neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
- —近在neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
- —近似approximation; having a close resemblance
- —近接proximity; nearness; being nearby; being adjacent; approaching; drawing near; coming close
- —近東Near East
- —近傍neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; surrounding area; neighborhood; neighbourhood
- —近来recently
- —漸近asymptote
- —卑近common; simple
- —近侍attendant; attendance upon another
- —近火fire in the neighborhood; fire in the neighbourhood