鄰

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邻

🇨🇳

neighbor

HSK 10

Human →Relations

lín

リン

とな.る、となり

린

Phonosemantic compound. 粦 represents the sound and 阝 represents the meaning.

Components

Traditional (鄰)

粦 will-o'-the wisp+ 阝 mound =

鄰 neighbor

粦 Phonetic component

lín will-o'-the wisp

phosphorus

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阝 Meaning component

fù mound

place

Simplified (邻)

令 orders+ 阝 mound =

邻 neighbor

令 Phonetic component

lìng orders

command, order

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阝 Meaning component

fù mound

place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

鄰

Regular

Modern

Chinese

邻 / 鄰 [lín]

neighbor; adjacent; close to

Japanese

隣、隣り (irreg.) となり同音

adj-nonoun next (to); adjoining; adjacent
nounadj-no house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour; next-door neighbor

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

ジョーダンさんは彼の隣に座った。

Mr Jordan sat down beside him.

Japanese Names

鄰ちかし

Chikashi given name

CHINESE WORDS (44)

邻居 [línjū] #1,521

neighbor

相邻 [xiānglín] #27,631

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JAPANESE WORDS (1)

⭐ 隣 [となり] #605

next (to)

KOREAN WORDS (4)

인근 #13,664

vicinity; neighborhood; proximity

근린

neighborhood

선린

neighborly friendship

인접

adjacency; contiguity; proximity