近 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「辶」
道9Elementary year 2 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「辶」
- On
- キンきん · kin
- Kun
- ちか(い)chika(i)
- Meaning
- near
Stroke order
Origin
辶 (movement) + 斤 (kin, the sound) → a short way: near.
Readings and examples
| Onキンきんkin | 近所きんじょ近代きんだい接近せっきん |
|---|---|
| Kunちかいchikai | 近いちかい近づくちかづく近道ちかみち |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 近所きんじょ
neighborhood
- 近道ちかみち
shortcut
- 付近ふきん
- 近隣きんりん
- 近郊きんこう
- 卑近ひきん
- 近畿きんき
- 近頃ちかごろ
Example
えきは 近いです。
The station is near.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)