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The kanji 近: meaning, readings and stroke order

近

Meaning
near
On reading
キン kin
Kun reading
ちか(い) chikai
Strokes
7
Radical
辵 walk
Level
Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Stroke order of 近, 7 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
gần (cận)
Japanese
ちかい。
Korean
가깝다 (근)
Chinese
近

Readings, words and example sentences

キン kin · on reading

ちか(い) chikai · kun reading

Practise writing 近 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 近 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.