臨 — kanji meaning “look to”
臨
look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
- Meanings
- look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
- On'yomi
- リン (rin)
- Kun'yomi
- のぞ.む
- Name readings
- み
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #722 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 131
- Chinese reading
- lín — Chinese character page
Words with 臨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臨時 | りんじ rinji | temporary; provisional; interim |
| 臨床 | りんしょう rinshou | clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial) |
| 臨む | のぞむ nozomu | to look out on; to overlook; to front onto |
| 君臨 | くんりん kunrin | reigning (over a country) |
| 臨海 | りんかい rinkai | coastal; seaside; oceanfront |
| 臨界 | りんかい rinkai | boundary |
| 臨終 | りんじゅう rinjuu | deathbed; dying hour; one's death |
| 臨機応変 | りんきおうへん rinkiouhen | adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach |
| 臨戦 | りんせん rinsen | preparing for action or battle |
| 降臨 | こうりん kourin | descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany |
| 臨港 | りんこう rinkou | facing (along) the harbor (harbour) |
| 臨月 | りんげつ ringetsu | final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due |
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