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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: 阝 粦

隣

Radical

Radical: 阜

Reading: こざとへん

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

隣人(りんじん)   neighbor

隣国(りんごく)   neighboring country

近隣(きんりん)   neighborhood, vicinity

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

隣席する(りんせきする)   sit next to

隣(となり)   next to, next door to

隣近所(となりきんじょ)   neighbors, neighborhood

隣り合う(となりあう)   adjoin, sit side by side

Onyomi Examples

隣国 (リンゴク) neighbouring country, neighboring country, adjacent country

隣家 (リンカ) neighbouring house, neighboring house

善隣 (ゼンリン) good neighbour, good neighbor

四隣 (シリン) whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

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

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

右隣 (みぎどなり) neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)

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