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Kanji Grade 2 - 近

Kanji character Grade 2 近. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 近
About
near, early, akin, tantamount
Kun: ちか.い
On: キン、 コン
7 strokes (also 6)
Radical: walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts: 込 斤
 
Onyomi
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 ritsuryo system
 
Kunyomi
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