EntryJLPT N1
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    near; close by; within reach; handy

    いつも手近に辞書を持っていなさい。
    Always have your dictionary near at hand.
  2. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    familiar

Also written 手近か【てぢか】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hand

Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

near, early, akin, tantamount

Kun
ちか.い
On
キンコン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
194 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

おうおおこの

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-4, 3-2-4SKIP code
2q4.3The Kanji Dictionary
3230.2Four corner code
2654deroo
8fd1Unicode hex code
1-22-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4671Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6021New Nelson (John Haig)
3061New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3798Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1941Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2634Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1129Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1210Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
127A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
506Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
127Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38752PMorohashi
103A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
445Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
452Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
195sakade
259Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
113henshall3
140Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
149crowley
109Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.12busy_people
679Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1136Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin4Pinyin reading
geunKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level