Chinese Character 臨 Meanings and components.

Form

臨

Meaning

臨 meaning[3] in English

To Face.

To Overlook.

To Arrive.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 臨 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to lie (臥) , and article (品)

Its radical[1] is: 臣 (chen2) which means: Surname Chen, .臣chen2surname Chen

In cangjie it is written with SLORR

How to write 臨

To write臨lin2to face you should write a combination of 臥wo4to lie , 品pin3article arranged in a 回 shape:

臥 + 品 = 臨

臨 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

臨
Pinyin:lin2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Face . To Overlook . To Arrive . To Be (Just) About To . Just Before
臥
Pinyin:wo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lie . To Crouch
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
品
Pinyin:pin3 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Article . Commodity . Product . Goods . Kind . Grade . Rank . Character . Disposition . Nature . Temperament . Variety . To Taste Sth . To Sample . To Criticize . To Comment . To Judge . To Size Up . Fret (On A Guitar Or Lute)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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