| 195 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 103 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4671 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 127 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 259 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 506 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 445 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 452 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 109 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 679 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3798 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1941 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2634 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38752P | Morohashi |
| 3061 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6021 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1129 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 149 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 近畿 【キンキ】 Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近海 【キンカイ】 coastal waters, adjacent seas
- ごく最近 【ゴクサイキン】 very recently, in the very recent past
- 至近 【シキン】 very near
- 近流 【コンル】 banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 近い 【ちかい】 near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
- 近いうちに 【ちかいうちに】 soon, shortly, before long
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おう、 おお、 この
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- cerca
- cercano
Portuguese
- perto
- cedo
- consangüíneo
- equivalente
French
- près
- tôt
- proche
- équivalent à
| 2654 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3230.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8fd1 | Unicode hex code |
publish, carve, engrave
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
855 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刊 【カン】 publication, edition (e.g. morning, evening, special), published in (year), publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
- 刊行 【カンコウ】 publication, issue
- 週刊 【シュウカン】 weekly publication
- 休刊 【キュウカン】 suspension of publication
Readings
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- publicar
- editar
Portuguese
- publicar
- gravar
- cunhar
French
- publier
- ciseler
- graver
| 750 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 666 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 636 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 619 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1493 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 604 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 351 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 585 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 594 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1138 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 184 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 221 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 139 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 167 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1665 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1865 | Morohashi |
| 190 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 456 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1650 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1779 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 648 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3143 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 1240.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 520a | Unicode hex code |