近 — near, early
近
- Meaning
- near, early, akin, tantamount
- On reading
- キンkinコンkon
- Kun reading
- ちかいchikai
- Strokes
- 7
- Learned in
- Grade 2 of elementary school in Japan
近 in names
When I turn a name into kanji, I use 近 for the sound “kin” (きん).
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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).