JLPT N56画 · 6 strokesradical 近
near, close
On'yomi (音読み)
- キン
- ゴン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ちか.い
- ちか.く
Meanings across languages
- English
- near, close
- Tiếng Việt
- gần, sát
- 日本語
- 近い, 近く
Common compounds
- 近所きんじょneighborhood
- 最近さいきんrecently, nowadays
- 近いちかいnear, close
- 近くちかくnearby, close by
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