近
near; early; akin; tantamount
7 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 194.
Readings
- キン (on reading): 最近 (さいきん) recently; 付近 (ふきん) neighborhood
- ちかい (kun reading): 近く (ちかく) near; 近い (ちかい) near
- コン (on reading): 右近の橘 (うこんのたちばな) tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace); 左近の桜 (さこんのさくら) cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
- Read as a whole word: 近江 (おうみ) Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture); 近江牛 (おうみぎゅう) Omi beef; 近江令 (おうみりょう) Ōmi Code (668 A.D.)
Components
Words using 近
- 最近 (さいきん) recently
- 付近 (ふきん) neighborhood
- 近所 (きんじょ) neighbourhood
- 近年 (きんねん) recent years
- 近隣 (きんりん) neighbourhood
- 近く (ちかく) near
- 近い (ちかい) near
- 近づく (ちかづく) to approach
- 近いうちに (ちかいうちに) soon
- 近頃 (ちかごろ) lately
- 近江 (おうみ) Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
- 近江牛 (おうみぎゅう) Omi beef
- 近江令 (おうみりょう) Ōmi Code (668 A.D.)
- 近江泥棒伊勢乞食 (おうみどろぼういせこじき) merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites)
- 右近の橘 (うこんのたちばな) tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
- 左近の桜 (さこんのさくら) cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
- 近流 (こんる) banishment (to a nearby province)
- 近衛 (このえ) Imperial Guards
- 近衛兵 (このえへい) Imperial Guard (Meiji)
- 近衛師団 (このえしだん) Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)
293 words in all.