近
近 — geun
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 가까울 근
- Romanization
- geun
- English
- near, close; approach; intimate
- Mandarin
- jìn
- Japanese on'yomi
- キン, ゴン, コン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ちか.い
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #194 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辵 (162, 4 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 斤
- Unicode
- U+8FD1
Parts that make up 近
- 斤 근[무게단위]/날[刃] 근sound 자루 달린 도끼찍고 자르는 일, 그리고 무게 단위
- ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임
How 近 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 近 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 斤.
Korean example words with 近
- 근방近方 Korean gloss: 가까운 곳
- 근처近處 Korean gloss: 가까운 곳
- 근변近邊 Korean gloss: 가까운 주변
- 근작近作 Korean gloss: 최근의 작품
- 근촌近村 Korean gloss: 가까운 마을
- 근래近來 Korean gloss: 가까운 요즈음
- 근착近着 Korean gloss: 근래에 도착함
- 근황近況 Korean gloss: 요즈음의 상황
- 접근接近 Korean gloss: 가까이 다가감
- 근가近家 Korean gloss: 근처에 있는 집
- 근년近年 Korean gloss: 요 몇 해 사이
- 근산近山 Korean gloss: 가까이 있는 산
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 近
- 最近さいきん recently; lately; these days
- 近代きんだい present day; modern times; recent times
- 付近ふきん neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
- 側近そっきん close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage
- 近所きんじょ neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
- 近年きんねん recent years
- 近郊きんこう outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area
- 近畿きんき Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近隣きんりん neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
- 接近せっきん getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
- 間近まぢか near; close (to); nearby
- 近海きんかい coastal waters; adjacent seas
Characters sharing the phonetic 斤
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “근”
Other hanja with radical 辵
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences