臨

See also 临

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 臥 + phonetic 品

Han character

臨 (radical 131 臣+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸中人口口 (SLORR), four-corner 7876₆)

1. draw near, approach
2. descend

References

• KangXi: page 999, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30087
• Dae Jaweon: page 1451, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2802, character 19
• Unihan data for U+81E8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

臨 (simplified 临, Yale lam4)

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Japanese

Kanji

臨 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: りん (rin)
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu)

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Korean

Hanja

臨 (hangeul 림>임, revised rim>im, McCune-Reischauer rim>im, Yale lim>im)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

臨 (simplified 临, pinyin lín (lin2), lìn (lin4), Wade-Giles lin², lin⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臨 (lâm, lom)