Dong Chinese dictionary

lín

neighbor

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

Components

令 Sound component

lìng, líng, lǐng

command

阝 Meaning component

fù

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lín

neighbor; neighborhood; adjacent; close to

lín

variant of 鄰|邻[lín]

Most common words with 邻

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