| 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
1083 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 隣国 【リンゴク】 neighbouring country, neighboring country, adjacent country
- 隣家 【リンカ】 neighbouring house, neighboring house
- 善隣 【ゼンリン】 good neighbour, good neighbor
- 四隣 【シリン】 whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries
Kun reading compounds
- 隣る 【となる】 to neighbor (neighbour), to be adjacent to, to be next to, to border
- 隣 【となり】 next (to), adjoining, adjacent, house next door, neighbouring house, next-door neighbour, next-door neighbor
- 隣り合う 【となりあう】 to adjoin each other, to sit side by side
- 先隣 【さきとなり】 next door but one, (a house) two doors away
- 一軒置いて隣 【いっけんおいてとなり】 next door but one
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか
- Korean:
- rin
Spanish
- colindante
- vecino
- colindar
Portuguese
- vizinho
French
- voisin
| 1915 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1002 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5023 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1040 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1882 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2443 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 809 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 828 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 980 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 752 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 961 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 538 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 700 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1320 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41847 | Morohashi |
| 781 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6484 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1311 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1408 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1862 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-13 | SKIP code |
| 7925.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96a3 | Unicode hex code |