近

音読おんよみ: キン

訓読くんよみ: ちかい

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: 辶（しんにょう）

Meaning

Near / Close / Approaching

  • 最近さいきん — recently / lately
  • 近所きんじょ — neighborhood
  • 近道ちかみち — shortcut
  • 近視きんし — nearsightedness
  • 接近せっきん — approach / getting close
  • 近代きんだい — modern times
  • 近年きんねん — recent years
  • 近郊きんこう — suburbs / outskirts
  • 至近しきん — extremely close
Compound - tap to expand
  • 近ちかづく — to approach; to come closer
  • 近ちか寄よる — to draw near; to come close

近 is formed with 斤 and 辶. The 辶 part strongly suggests movement, and the overall feeling is “drawing near.” It works for physical distance, time (recent), and even relationships or situations.

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