隣 lín neighbor Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Variant of 鄰. Components 阝 阝 Meaning component fù hill, place 粦 粦 Sound component lín will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus Character Evolution Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseUnicodelin Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica