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邻

鄰
lín
noun #18,401

Meanings

  1. 1 neighbor
  2. 2 adjacent

Examples

HSK 3
我和邻居的关系很好。
Wǒ hé línju de guānxi hěn hǎo.
I get on well with my neighbors.
HSK 3
中国和越南是邻国。
Zhōngguó hé Yuènán shì línguó.
China and Vietnam are neighboring countries.

Tips

usage
邻居 is the most common word - your neighbor.

Components

radical
阝 yì
city; settlement (right-side)
Right-side 阝 is the city radical 邑, marking words about settlements and inhabited places - neighbors live in adjacent dwellings. Same radical appears in 都, 邦, 郊, 部. Don't confuse with left-side 阝 (mound, from 阜) which has different semantics.
phonetic
令 lìng
command; order
令 supplies the rhyme - lìng to lín - matching the nasal ending. The same phonetic series produces 铃, 龄, 玲, all sharing this -ing/-in nasal ending.

Stroke Order

邻 lín