臨

See also: 临

Translingual

Han character

臨 (Kangxi radical 131, 臣+11, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 尸中人口口 (SLORR), four-corner 7876₆, composition ⿰臣⿱𠂉品)

Derived characters

• 瀶, 𠐼, 𡄦, 𤄈, 𮟤

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (品) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臨	*b·rɯm, *b·rɯms
瀶	*b·rɯm
品	*pʰrɯmʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *b·rɯm, *b·rɯms) : semantic 臥 + phonetic 品 (OC *pʰrɯmʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		臨
simp.		临

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 臨

1. to overlook; to look over
2. to come down; to descend
3. to arrive
4. to face; to border; to be adjacent to
5. to be faced with; to be confronted by
6. to copy; to trace
7. just before
8. 19th hexagram of the I Ching
9. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìn (lin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
    • Wade–Giles: lin⁴
    • Yale: lìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
    • Palladius: линь (linʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lam⁶
    • Yale: lahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²²/

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• Middle Chinese: limH

Rime
Character	臨
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良鴆切
Baxter	limH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪmH/
Pan Wuyun	/limH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljemH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/limH/
Li Rong	/liəmH/
Wang Li	/lĭĕmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯əmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·rɯms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臨
Reading #	2/2
No.	9803
Phonetic component	品
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	臨
Old Chinese	/*b·rɯms/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 臨

1. ^† to mourn for a deceased person

Etymology 2

trad.		臨
simp.		临
alternative forms		凜／凛 斂／敛

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lím

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím
    • Tâi-lô: lím
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liem
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim⁴¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 臨 (Hokkien)

1. close (to an edge)
2. to approach; to get close to; to be almost

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

臨

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. look at
2. confront

Readings

• Go-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)^{←りん (rin, historical)←りむ (rimu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)^{←りん (rin, historical)←りむ (rimu, ancient)}
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu, 臨む, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 臨 (lâm, lom)

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