Chinese Character 临 Meanings and components.

Form

临

Meaning

临 meaning[3] in English

To Face.

To Overlook.

To Arrive.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 临 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (丩) , (𠂉) , 'dot' radical in … (丶) , and (4)

Its radical[1] is: 丨 (gun3) which means: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2), .丨gun3radical in …

In cangjie it is written with LLOA

How to write 临

To write临lin2to face you should write a combination of 丩jiu1archaic variant … , 𠂉𠂉5 丶zhu3'dot' radical … 44 arranged in a 吅 shape:

丩 + 𠂉 + 丶 + 4 = 临

临 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 临 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 临, looks as follow:

临
Pinyin:lin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Face . To Overlook . To Arrive . To Be (Just) About To . Just Before
丩
Pinyin:jiu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 糾|纠[Jiu1]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
4
Pinyin:4

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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