Chinese Character 邻 Meanings and components.

Form

邻

Meaning

邻 meaning[3] in English

Neighbor.

Adjacent.

Close To.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 邻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are see 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (令) , and (阝)

Its radical[1] is: 邑 (yi4) which means: City, Village, .邑yi4city

In cangjie it is written with OINL

How to write 邻

To write邻lin2neighbor you should write a combination of 令ling4see 令狐[Ling2 … , 阝fu4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

令 + 阝 = 邻

邻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

邻
Pinyin:lin2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Neighbor . Adjacent . Close To
令
Pinyin:ling4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 令狐[Ling2 Hu2]
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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
龴
Pinyin:龴5 Shape:一
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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