Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1083 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: neighboring

Kunyomi: とな.る となり

Onyomi: リン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

人(りんじん)   neighbor

国(りんごく)   neighboring country

(きんりん)   neighborhood, vicinity

接する(りんせつする)   adjoin, be adjacent, be related

席する(りんせきする)   sit next to

(となり)   next to, next door to

近所(となりきんじょ)   neighbors, neighborhood

り合う(となりあう)   adjoin, sit side by side

Onyomi Examples

リンゴク neighbouring country, neighboring country, adjacent country

リンカ neighbouring house, neighboring house

ゼンリン good neighbour, good neighbor

シリン whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries

Kunyomi Examples

となる to neighbor (neighbour), to be adjacent to, to be next to, to border

となり next (to), adjoining, adjacent, house next door, neighbouring house, next-door neighbour, next-door neighbor

り合う となりあう to adjoin each other, to sit side by side

さきとなり next door but one, (a house) two doors away

一軒置いて いっけんおいてとなり next door but one