近

近 — near, early, akin

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 7
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #194 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きん kin

こん kon
Kun'yomi: ちか.い chika.i

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 近

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