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隣

隣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. となり。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「鄰」の「邑」を「阜」に置き換えた異体字。「鄰」については鄰#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

neighboring

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リンJHS
Kun (native)
  • とな(る)JHS
  • となりJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ちか
Other languages
  • 拼音lin2
  • 한글rin
  • Hán-ViệtLân
  • Hán-ViệtLăn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
阜(おか)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+96A3

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰阝粦

Words using this kanji

  • 隣となりnext (to), adjoining, adjacent, house next door
  • 隣国りんごく隣り合う国。neighbouring country, neighboring country, adjacent country
  • 隣接りんせつ隣り合わせになっていること。 取り扱う範囲が非常に近いこと。adjacency, contiguity, being adjoined
  • 隣人りんじん隣の敷地や部屋に住む人。ネイバー。 周囲にいる人。 (キリスト教、しばしば「となりびと」)自分以外の人。neighbour, neighbor, (people in the) neighbourhood, neighborhood
  • 隣家りんか隣にある家。neighbouring house, neighboring house
  • 隣室りんしつ隣の部屋。next or adjoining room
  • 隣り合うとなりあう「となりあう」の漢字表記。to adjoin each other, to sit side by side
  • 隣り合わせとなりあわせadjoining each other, next to each other, being in close proximity to something, being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
  • 隣近所となりきんじょneighbors, neighbours, neighborhood, neighbourhood
  • 隣組となりぐみtonarigumi
  • 隣席りんせき隣の席。next seat, adjacent seat
  • 隣村りんそん隣接する隣の村。。neighboring village, neighbouring village
  • 隣邦りんぽう隣の国。neighboring country, neighbouring country
  • 隣保りんぽneighbouring house, neighboring house, neighbors, neighbours
  • 隣町となりまちneighboring town, neighbouring town, adjacent town
  • 隣るとなるto neighbor (neighbour), to be adjacent to, to be next to, to border
  • 隣地りんちとなりの土地。「隣接地」とも。adjoining land
  • 隣辺りんぺん近辺。付近。 直角三角形の余角に相対する辺。adjacent side, cathetus
  • 隣県りんけんneighboring prefecture, adjacent prefecture
  • 隣戸りんこnext door, neighbouring residence

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-13
Four Corner
7925.9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d13.1
Heisig
1408
Nelson
5023