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近

N4

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • near
  • early
  • akin
  • tantamount

On'yomi (音読み)

  • キン
  • コン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ちか.い
Strokes
7
JLPT Level
N4
Frequency
#237
School Grade
Grade 2
Radical
辵#162 · walk

Components

Common Words

  • 近いちかいi-Adj.near, close, short (distance)
  • 近くちかくNounnear, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
  • 近海きんかいNouncoastal waters, adjacent seas
  • 近眼きんがんNounnearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia
  • 近畿きんきNounKinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
  • 近況きんきょうNounrecent state, present state, present condition, current status, current circumstances
  • 近郊きんこうNounoutskirts, environs (of a city), surrounding area, surroundings
  • 近頃ちかごろAdverblately, recently, nowadays

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