Hanja Analyzer
臨

臨 — rim

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
임할 림
Romanization
rim
English
draw near, approach; descend; hexagram ䷒
Mandarin
lín
Japanese on'yomi
リン
Japanese kun'yomi
のぞ.む
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#722 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
臣 (131, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+81E8

How 臨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 臨 as a ideographic compound involving 臣, 人, 品.

Korean example words with 臨

  • 임지臨地 Korean gloss: 그곳에 실제로 감
  • 임석臨席 Korean gloss: 행사 따위의 일이 벌어지는 자리에 참석함
  • 임시臨時 Korean gloss: 미리 얼마 동안으로 정하지 아니한 잠시 동안
  • 임상臨床 Korean gloss: 환자를 진료하거나 의학을 연구하기 위하여 병상에 임하는 일
  • 임검臨檢 Korean gloss: 행정법에서, 행정 기관의 직원이 직무를 수행하기 위하여 현장에 가서 조사하는 일
  • 임해하다臨海 Korean gloss: 바다에 가까이 있다
  • 친림하다親臨 Korean gloss: 임금이 몸소 나오다
  • 임행하다臨幸 Korean gloss: 임금이 어떤 곳에 거둥하다
  • 임서하다臨書 Korean gloss: 글씨본을 보면서 글씨를 쓰다
  • 임헌하다臨軒 Korean gloss: 임금이 대(臺)에 나와 앉다
  • 광림하다光臨 Korean gloss: (높이는 뜻으로) 남이 찾아오다
  • 강림하다降臨 Korean gloss: 신이 하늘에서 인간 세상으로 내려오다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 臨

  • 臨時りんじ temporary; provisional; interim
  • 臨床りんしょう clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial)
  • 臨海りんかい coastal; seaside; oceanfront
  • 君臨くんりん reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling
  • 臨界りんかい boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
  • 臨場感りんじょうかん (sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there
  • 臨戦りんせん preparing for action or battle
  • 臨検りんけん on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid
  • 臨機応変りんきおうへん adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
  • 臨港りんこう facing (along) the harbor (harbour)
  • 臨むのぞむ to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
  • 臨終りんじゅう deathbed; dying hour; one's death

Other hanja read “림”

Other hanja with radical 臣

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