EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

    いやいや、結構結構。下の名前で呼び合うのは親近感がわいてよろしいことだ。
    Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)

Kun
おやおや-した.しいした.しむ
On
シン
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
406 of 2500
Radical
see
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

ちかのり

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-9-7SKIP code
5b11.1The Kanji Dictionary
0691.0Four corner code
457deroo
89aaUnicode hex code
1-31-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4293Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5534New Nelson (John Haig)
1799New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2264Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1172Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1504Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1621Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
381A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2544Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
211Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34918Morohashi
149A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
175Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
175Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
260sakade
248Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
166henshall3
237Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
315crowley
249Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.6busy_people
1647Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1518Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qin1, qing4Pinyin reading
chinKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani 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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

emotion, feeling, sensation

On
カン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
233 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-9-4SKIP code
4k9.21The Kanji Dictionary
5333.0Four corner code
1458deroo
611fUnicode hex code
1-20-22JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1731Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1928New Nelson (John Haig)
2835New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3514Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1814Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2468Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
615Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
662Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
283A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
333Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10953Morohashi
246A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
262Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
262Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
176sakade
546Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
264henshall3
417Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
105crowley
431Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.19busy_people
792Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
623Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan3Pinyin reading
gamKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level