EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer

    その独裁者は側近たち全員の絶対的な忠誠を受けた。
    The dictator had the absolute loyalty of all his aides.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

side, lean, oppose, regret

Kun
かわがわそば
On
ソク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
216 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-9SKIP code
2a9.4The Kanji Dictionary
2220.0Four corner code
2143deroo
5074Unicode hex code
1-34-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
509Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
275New Nelson (John Haig)
137New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
155Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
975Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1049Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
538Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
897Morohashi
535A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
609Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
619Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
667sakade
330Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
562henshall3
571Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
280crowley
809Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
119Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
984Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ce4, ze4Pinyin reading
cheugKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani 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