EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 45
  1. Adverb (fukushi), Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    lately; recently; nowadays

    近頃は旅行は楽だ。
    Travelling is easy these days.
  2. Adverb (fukushi)

    terribly; awfully; extremely

    Dated term

Also written 近ごろ【ちかごろ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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

time, about, toward

Kun
ころ、ごろ、しばら.く
On
ケイ、キョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2015 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 45

Built from

Used in names as

ころも

Dictionary and index codes (21)
CodeReference
1-2-9SKIP code
9a2.2The Kanji Dictionary
2178.6Four corner code
9803Unicode hex code
1-26-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
754Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6615New Nelson (John Haig)
144New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
163Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
124Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2791Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
479Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1691A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1906Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43338Morohashi
1532Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291crowley
453Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qing3, qing1Pinyin reading
gyeong, gyuKorean reading
45WaniKani level