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
- —至近very near
- —親近bonding; becoming closer; developing an affinity; familiarity; close relation; close relative; close friend; personal retainer; personal attendant; close aide
- —近古early modern age
- —近因immediate cause; proximate cause
- —近体modern style
- —近状recent situation or conditions
- —近臣vassal; attendant
- —近事recent events
- —近国neighboring country; neighbouring country; provinces close to Kyoto (under ritsuryō system)
- —近時recently
- —近称proximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the speaker)
- —近着newly arrived
- —近景foreground
- —近詠recent poem
- —近業recent work
- —近影recent photograph (of a person); recent picture; latest photograph
- —近習attendant
- —直近latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
- —近村neighboring villages
- —輓近lately; recently; in recent times