邻(lín)

HSK 57 strokesTrad. 鄰

neighbor

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Character information

Pinyin
lín
Meaning
neighbor; adjacent; close to
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
鄰

Origin & structure

Where 邻 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰令阝

In this compound, the meaning comes from 阝 (town); 令 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

令lìng阝fǔ

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 邻 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 邻

Common words using 邻 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

lín邻jū居
HSK 5

neighbor

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lín邻guó国
HSK 7-9

neighboring country

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yǒu友lín邻

friendly neighbor; (of a military unit etc) neighboring and allied

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sì四lín邻

one's nearest neighbors

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dì地lín邻

neighbor on farmland

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bǐ比lín邻

(literary) next-door neighbor

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pí毗lín邻

bordering

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xiāng相lín邻

neighbor

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From 邻’s common words

居国友四地比毗相

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