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Kanji Detail for 臨 - "face, overlook, confront"

臨

  • Meaning

    臨 means "face, overlook, confront."

    1. To overlook - To look down upon from a high place.

    2. To visit - For a noble person to go to a place.

    3. To face - To be before one's eyes; to confront.

    4. To govern - To rule; to administer.

    5. At that moment - Just then; at the time.

    6. To copy - To look and reproduce exactly.

    7. Mourning ritual - A ceremony of crying aloud at a funeral.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    look to; face; meet; confront; attend; call on

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    draw near, approach; descend; hexagram ䷒

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to draw near, to approach; to descend

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To look down from above. Such as supervising is called 監臨 (oversee). Gazing from a height is called 登臨 (ascend and view). All being in a superior position is called 臨. Such as saying 臨深履薄 (standing over a deep abyss and treading on thin ice).
  • Onyomitip

    rin(りん) りん

  • Kunyomitip

    nozo.mu(のぞむ) のぞむ

  • Strokestip

    18 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    臣 (shin)

  • Related Keywords
    face confront overlook attend approach presence govern rule copy imitate arrive encounter imminent impending precipice edge brink

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