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Kanji Detail for 近 - "near, close relationship, to approach"

近

  • Meaning

    近 means "near, close relationship, to approach."

    1. Near - Close in time or distance; small separation.

    2. Close relationship - Relative; family.

    3. To approach - To come close; to draw near.

  • Words using 近

    • 最近 さいきん Listen recently; lately; these days
    • 近代 きんだい Listen present day; modern times; recent times
    • 側近 そっきん Listen close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage
    • 近所 きんじょ Listen neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
    • 近年 きんねん Listen recent years
    • 近畿 きんき Listen Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
    • 近郊 きんこう Listen outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area
    • 近隣 きんりん Listen neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

  • Four-character idioms with 近

    • 近所合壁 きんじょがっぺき Listen immediate neighborhood; immediate neighbourhood
    • 近郷近在 きんごうきんざい Listen surrounding country; neighboring villages
    • 遠交近攻 えんこうきんこう Listen policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby
    • 遠慮近憂 えんりょきんゆう Listen failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term

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    • Verified meaning: near, close relationship, to approach
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きん, こん, ちか, ちかい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 近

    Given names 近(ちか)Listen 近(ちかし)Listen

    Surnames 近(きん)Listen 近(こん)Listen 近(ちかい)Listen 近(ちかざき)Listen 近(ちこ)Listen 近(はまちか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    near; early; akin; tantamount

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    near, close; approach; intimate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    near; close to; approximately

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to approach; near, close; intimate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of 遠 (far). When time and place are not far apart, it is called 近. Such as 近世 (recent times), 近代 (modern era), 鄰近 (neighboring), 左近 (nearby). | What is commonly seen and easily known is called 近. "Mencius" says "Words that are simple but meaning that is profound is good speech." | Similar. The meaning of approaching. Such as saying 筆意近古 (the brush style approaches antiquity). | To be intimate with. Such as 狎近 (be familiar with), 引近 (draw near).

  • Onyomi

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    kin(キン) キン

    kon(コン) コン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    chika.i(ちか-い) ちか-い

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    near close relationship to approach close recent nearby adjacent approximate beside immediate intimate neighborhood proximate shortly soon vicinity

Sentences including 近

  • Are there any movie theaters near here?

  • Is there a post office near here?

  • They got married of late.

  • There is a big park near our school.

  • Keep away from the dog.

  • Have you been in contact with him recently?

  • It came on to rain toward evening.

  • Our school is near the station.

  • There is a flower shop near by.

  • Nowadays many people travel by car.

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