| 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 grade 5
JLPT level N3
211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 在 【ザイ】 the country, countryside, outskirts, suburbs, presence, being in attendance, situated in, staying in, resident in
- 在外 【ザイガイ】 overseas, abroad
- 顕在 【ケンザイ】 being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent), being apparent, being obvious, being tangible, being revealed
- 介在 【カイザイ】 existing (between), interposition, intervention, involvement
Kun reading compounds
- 有る 【ある】 to be, to exist, to live, to have, to be located, to be equipped with, to happen, to come about
- 在るがまま 【あるがまま】 as it is, plain (truth), bare, undisguised, unvarnished, unexaggerated, honest, true, frank, candid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あり
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- existir
- pueblo natal
- alrededores
- ser
Portuguese
- existir
- arredores
- subúrbios
- localizados em
French
- exister
- banlieue
- situé à
| 613 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 711 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 684 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 243 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1055 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 258 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 314 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 588 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 349 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3704 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1896 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 692 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4881 | Morohashi |
| 2984 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 975 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 685 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 182 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 659 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b3.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4021.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5728 | Unicode hex code |