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Chinese symbol for “neighboring”

邻近
lín jìn
Traditional: 鄰近
neighboring; adjacent; near; vicinity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for neighboring is 邻近 (lín jìn), defined as: neighboring; adjacent; near; vicinity.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

邻 lín
neighbor; neighborhood
radical 163 ⾢ · 7 strokes
近 jìn
to approach; near, close; intimate
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “neighboring”

WordPinyinMeaning
附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood

Related words

Other words that share a character with 邻近.

WordPinyinMeaning
邻居 (鄰居)lín jūneighbor
邻国 (鄰國)lín guóneighboring country
相邻 (相鄰)xiāng línneighbor; adjacent
毗邻 (毗鄰)pí línbordering; adjacent to
邻里 (鄰里)lín lǐneighbor; neighborhood
最近zuì jìnrecently; soon
附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to

See also: Japanese symbol for “neighboring”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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