| 160 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 79 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 803 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4733 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 326 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 264 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2043 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 446 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 453 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 110 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 714 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3906 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2013 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2715 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 409 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39047P | Morohashi |
| 3150 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6101 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 402 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 429 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 224 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
887 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 遠山 【エンザン】 distant mountain
- 遠隔 【エンカク】 distant, remote, isolated
- 望遠 【ボウエン】 seeing at a distance
- 以遠 【イエン】 beyond, further than
- 遠忌 【オンキ】 anniversary of a death twelve or more years earlier
- 遠諱 【オンキ】 semicentennial memorial service
- 久遠 【クオン】 eternity
Kun reading compounds
- 遠い 【とおい】 far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance, distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time), distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone), far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.), not similar, way off, hard (of hearing), nearsighted
- 遠い昔 【とおいむかし】 remote past, far ago, time immemorial
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おに、 ど、 どお
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- lejos
- distante
Portuguese
- distante
- longe
French
- loin
- distant
| 1465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q10.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3430.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9060 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |