臨 – look to, face, meet

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The kanji 臨 means look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リン (rin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is のぞ.む (nozomu). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 臣 (no. 131).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リン	rin
Kun’yomi	のぞ.む	nozomu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 臣 (Kangxi radical 131). Components: ノ・口・臣・品・一・人・乞.

Words using 臨

臨むのぞむto look out on臨時りんじtemporary

Example sentences

私はその会社で臨時の仕事を得た。

I got a temporary job at the firm.

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彼等は貿易問題について臨時の会合を開いた。

They held a special session on trade problems.

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Kanji with the same radical

臣

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