臨

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

臨 (simplified 临, Yale lam4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

臨 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: りん (rin)
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

臨 (lâm, lom)