隣 — kanji meaning “neighboring”
隣
neighboring
- Meanings
- neighboring
- On'yomi
- リン (rin)
- Kun'yomi
- とな.る、となり
- Name readings
- ちか
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1083 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 170
- Chinese reading
- lín
Words with 隣
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隣人 | りんじん rinjin | neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood |
| 近隣 | きんりん kinrin | neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity |
| 隣接 | りんせつ rinsetsu | adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined |
| 隣家 | りんか rinka | neighbouring house; neighboring house |
| 隣国 | りんごく ringoku | neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country |
| 隣室 | りんしつ rinshitsu | next or adjoining room |
| 両隣 | りょうどなり ryoudonari | both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours |
| 隣組 | となりぐみ tonarigumi | tonarigumi; small-scale neighborhood associations established during WWII for fire fighting, policing, etc. |
| 隣席 | りんせき rinseki | next seat; adjacent seat |
| 善隣 | ぜんりん zenrin | good neighbour; good neighbor |
| 隣村 | りんそん rinson | neighboring village; neighbouring village |
| 隣県 | りんけん rinken | neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture |
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