毗邻 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

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Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound. Simplified form of 毘.

Components

田 Meaning component

tián field

比 Sound component

bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjij	[b]ij	assist; boastful
Zhengzhang		bi

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

lín neighbor Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鄰.

Components

令 Sound component

lìng command

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

Character Evolution

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Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica

lín neighbor Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 粦 represents the sound and 阝 represents the meaning.

Components

粦 Sound component

lín will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lin	(mə.)rə[n]	group of 5 families; neighbor

說文解字

五家爲鄰。从邑粦聲。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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邻 lín neighbor Simplified

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鄰 lín neighbor Traditional

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lín neighbor Simplified

lín neighbor Traditional