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Kanji Detail for 隣 - "neighbor, to neighbor, adjacent"

隣

  • Meaning

    隣 means "neighbor, to neighbor, adjacent."

    1. Neighbor - Nearest; adjacent.

    2. To neighbor - To be adjacent; to adjoin; to approach.

    3. Zhou administration - A unit of five households.

  • Words using 隣

    • 近隣 きんりん Listen neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
    • 隣国 りんごく Listen neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
    • 隣接 りんせつ Listen adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
    • 隣人 りんじん Listen neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood
    • 隣家 りんか Listen neighbouring house; neighboring house
    • 善隣 ぜんりん Listen good neighbour; good neighbor
    • 隣室 りんしつ Listen next or adjoining room
    • 隣り合わせ となりあわせ Listen adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something

  • Four-character idioms with 隣

    • 善隣友好 ぜんりんゆうこう Listen neighbourly friendship; neighborly friendship
    • 善隣外交 ぜんりんがいこう Listen good-neighbor diplomacy; a good-neighbor policy
    • 天涯比隣 てんがいひりん Listen a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood

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    • Verified meaning: neighbor, to neighbor, adjacent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ちかき, ちかし, となり, りん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 隣

    Given names 隣(ちかき)Listen 隣(ちかし)Listen 隣(りん)Listen

    Surnames 隣(となり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    neighboring

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    neighbor; neighboring; adjacent

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 鄰|邻[lin2]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rin(リン) リン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tona.ru(とな-る) とな-る

    tonari(となり) となり

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    neighbor to neighbor adjacent approaching close nearby connected abutting alongside beside bordering contiguous flanking next-door proximity

Sentences including 隣

  • An hour's walk brought me to the next village.

  • She lives next door to him.

  • We should love our neighbors.

  • The building to the right of that office is the tokyo building.

  • Our house adjoins his.

  • How far is it from here to the next village?

  • Japan is at peace with her neighbors.

  • He sat next to her.

  • He lived next to his uncle.

  • She lives next door to us.

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