Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: near, early, akin, tantamount
Kunyomi: ちか.い
Onyomi: キン コン
Composition: 斤 ⻌
Radical: 辵
Reading: しんにょう
Meaning: walk
Strokes: 3
近視(きんし) shortsightedness
近所(きんじょ) neighborhood
最近(さいきん) recently
近代(きんだい) modern
接近する(せっきんする) approach
近く(ちかく) nearby [n.]
近い(ちかい) nearby [adj.]
近付く(ちかづく) come near, approach
近道(ちかみち) shortcut
身近な(みぢかな) close, familiar
近畿 (キンキ) Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
近海 (キンカイ) coastal waters, adjacent seas
ごく最近 (ゴクサイキン) very recently, in the very recent past
至近 (シキン) very near
近流 (コンル) banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
近い (ちかい) near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
近いうちに (ちかいうちに) before long
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: near, early, akin, tantamount
Kunyomi: ちか.い
Onyomi: キン コン
Composition: 斤 ⻌
Radical: 辵
Reading: しんにょう
Meaning: walk
Strokes: 3
近視(きんし) shortsightedness
近所(きんじょ) neighborhood
最近(さいきん) recently
近代(きんだい) modern
接近する(せっきんする) approach
近く(ちかく) nearby [n.]
近い(ちかい) nearby [adj.]
近付く(ちかづく) come near, approach
近道(ちかみち) shortcut
身近な(みぢかな) close, familiar
近畿 (キンキ) Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
近海 (キンカイ) coastal waters, adjacent seas
ごく最近 (ゴクサイキン) very recently, in the very recent past
至近 (シキン) very near
近流 (コンル) banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
近い (ちかい) near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
近いうちに (ちかいうちに) before long