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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

722 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on

Kunyomi: のぞ.む

Onyomi: リン

Composition: 臣 𠂉 品

臨

Radical

Radical: 臣

Reading: しん

Meaning: minster, official

Strokes: 6

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Examples

Examples with audio

臨終(りんじゅう)   deathbed, dying hour

臨時(りんじ)   temporary, extraordinary

臨場感(りんじょうかん)   (stage, personal) presence

臨床医(りんしょうい)   clinician

臨機応変(りんきおうへん)   according to circumstance

臨席する(りんせきする)   attend, be present

君臨する(くんりんする)   reign, control, dictate

臨む(のぞむ)   look out on, face, deal with

Onyomi Examples

臨界 (リンカイ) boundary, (nuclear) criticality, critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)

臨海 (リンカイ) coastal, seaside, oceanfront, maritime

意臨 (イリン) copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy), copying freely

形臨 (ケイリン) copying calligraphy from a model

Kunyomi Examples

臨む (のぞむ) to look out on, to overlook, to front onto, to face (a situation, crisis, etc.), to meet (e.g. death), to be confronted by, to deal with (an issue), to attend (e.g. a function), to appear (e.g. in court), to be present at, to go to (e.g. a place), to take part in, to participate, to join

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