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近 — near, early, akin

N5 7 strokes #194 most common

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Readings

音 キン、コン
訓 ちかい
Meaning near, early, akin, tantamount
नेपाली नजिक

How to remember it

बाटो (辶しんにょう) मा बन्चरो (斤おの) लिएर नजिक (近ちか) जानु।

Parts it is built from

Learn it in a course

JLPT N5 · Day 9 Explore course → JLPT N1 · Day 4 Explore course →

Practice sheets

A4 grid to print and write on.

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Words using 近

  • 近ちかい close/near नजिक course
  • 近ちかく neighborhood/nearby नजिकै course
  • 近所きんじょ neighborhood छिमेक course
  • 最近さいきん recently हालसालै course
  • 近海きんかい coastal waters/adjacent sea नजिकैको समुद्र course
  • 近代きんだい modern ages आधुनिक काल course
  • 接近せっきん approach/nearing नजिक आउनु/पहुँच course
  • 身近みぢか familiar/close to oneself आफ्नो नजिक/वरिपरि course
  • 近道ちかみち shortcut छोटो बाटो/सर्टकट course

Example sentences

China and Japan are close to each other.
चीन र जापान नजिक छन्।
Is there a convenience store near here?
यस नजिकै कुनै कन्भिनियन्स स्टोर छ?
There is a junior high school in the neighborhood.
छिमेकमा एउटा माध्यमिक विद्यालय छ।
What kind of books have you read recently?
हालसालै कस्तो किताब पढ्नुभयो?