懂中文 Dong Chinese

鄰

lín

neighbor

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

Components
粦 sound component

粦  Sound component

lín

  

will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

Evolution

鄰 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
鄰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鄰 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鄰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

邻 (鄰) 

lín

neighbor; neighborhood; adjacent; close to

Most common words with 鄰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

邻居

neighbor

邻

neighbor

相邻

neighbor

邻近

neighboring

邻里

neighbor