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Japanese symbol for “proximal”

Romaji: kin'i
proximal

In Japanese, proximal is , read (kin'i).

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Meanings

  1. adj-no, n proximal (anat)

Kanji and stroke order

near, early, akin
on: キン、コン
kun: ちか.い
7 strokes · JLPT 3
rank, grade, throne
on: イ
kun: くらい、ぐらい
7 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さいきん saikinrecently; lately; these days
きんじょ kinjoneighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
ふきん fukinneighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
ちかい chikainear; close; short (distance)
きんだい kindaipresent day; modern times; recent times
せっきん sekkingetting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
いち ichiplace; position; location
たんい tan'iunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination

See also: Chinese symbol for “proximal”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.