Kanji

近

Meaning

  • near
  • early
  • akin
  • tantamount

Onyomi

  • kin (キン)
  • kon (コン)

Kunyomi

  • chikai (ちかい)

Examples

最近
recently
saikin
近く
near
chikaku
近い
close
chikai
近づく
to approach
chikazuku
近道
shortcut
chikamichi