| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 傍聴 【ボウチョウ】 listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.), attending (without participating), sitting in (e.g. on a meeting), observing
- 脇見 【ワキミ】 looking from the side, looking aside
- 路傍 【ロボウ】 roadside
- 道傍 【ドウボウ】 side of the road, roadside
Kun reading compounds
- 傍ら 【かたわら】 side, edge, beside, besides, nearby, while (doing), in addition to, at the same time
- 傍らに 【かたわらに】 beside, nearby
- 脇役 【わきやく】 supporting role (actor), minor role
- 脇見 【わきみ】 looking from the side, looking aside
- 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
- 端から 【はたから】 from outside, from the side
- 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
- 側から 【そばから】 as soon as, right after
- お側 【おそば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, attendant, retainer, vassal
Readings
- Japanese names:
- び
- Korean:
- bang, paeng
Spanish
- vecindad
- cercanía
Portuguese
- espectador
- além disso
- enquanto
- muito próximo
- 3ª pessoa
French
- observateur
- spectateur
- à côté
- en outre
- pendant que
- tout près
- les autres
| 1815 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1689 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 520 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1406 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1062 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1538 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1183 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1242 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1429 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 166 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 127 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1024 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 948 | Morohashi |
| 147 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 286 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1015 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1090 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1506 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2145 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a10.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 2022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 508d | Unicode hex code |