Read Edit View history 临 lín HSK4 draw near Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 臨. Depicts a person (人) looking (臣) down at a pile of objects (品). 品 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning, "to look down". The meaning has shifted over time and now means "draw near". Pinyin Separate values with commas lín × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 臨 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an eye. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 临 Simp strokes 临 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 临 Simp strokes 临 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Here used to depict a pile of objects. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 临 Simp strokes 临 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 临 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 138, 559 ], [ 165, 526 ], [ 169, 510 ], [ 160, 251 ] ], [ [ 293, 789 ], [ 321, 767 ], [ 344, 735 ], [ 345, 725 ], [ 338, 600 ], [ 334, 225 ], [ 321, 78 ], [ 323, -5 ] ], [ [ 574, 798 ], [ 593, 786 ], [ 616, 754 ], [ 592, 676 ], [ 529, 533 ], [ 479, 448 ], [ 433, 388 ] ], [ [ 577, 560 ], [ 690, 576 ], [ 805, 609 ], [ 864, 611 ] ], [ [ 599, 498 ], [ 677, 450 ], [ 692, 436 ], [ 709, 405 ] ], [ [ 449, 320 ], [ 477, 296 ], [ 487, 276 ], [ 528, 32 ] ], [ [ 506, 318 ], [ 530, 306 ], [ 668, 328 ], [ 769, 352 ], [ 803, 344 ], [ 828, 320 ], [ 829, 303 ], [ 785, 144 ], [ 759, 127 ] ], [ [ 626, 301 ], [ 648, 282 ], [ 650, 265 ], [ 649, 132 ], [ 646, 121 ], [ 633, 115 ] ], [ [ 549, 58 ], [ 567, 74 ], [ 746, 96 ], [ 796, 95 ], [ 826, 85 ] ] ], 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