邻近 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

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

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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

jìn near

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

斤 Sound component

jīn axe

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	gj+nX	N-kərʔ	near
	gj+nH	s-N-kərʔ-s	"be near to (v.t.)

說文解字

附也。从辵斤聲。

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)

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

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	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)

邻 lín neighbor Simplified

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近 jìn near

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鄰 lín neighbor Traditional

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lín neighbor Simplified

jìn near

lín neighbor Traditional