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近 means 'close'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 127   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-1    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 9    Beginner lesson: 19   Begins 167 words   Used in 215 words   Used in 766 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キン
Kun
   ちかい close
Additional readings
On    コン
Name    おう   おお   この
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  斤 axe  
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辺 surroundings  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 近 is used 20 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 近 is used 208 times, read 3 ways (with 4 variations).
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キン : 170 words FIND ALL
さ い き ん 0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays
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コン : 1 word FIND ALL
さ こ ん の さ く ら 1
noun
cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)  (see also: 右近の橘, 紫宸殿)
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ちかい : 30 words FIND ALL
ち か い 2
near; close; short (distance)
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ちかい (read as じか) : 1 word FIND ALL
て じ か 0
near; handy; within reach; familiar
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おう: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
Omi beef
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この: 3 words. FIND ALL
こ の え 0
noun
Imperial Guards
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ぢか: 2 words. FIND ALL
み ぢ か 0
near oneself; close to one; familiar
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An additional ぢか less common words include 近 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 113 (originally: 103)  Joy o' Kanji : 103  Key to Kanji: 231 

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近
キン   ちかい close   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
⻌
move
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