The kanji 臨: meaning, readings and stroke order

臨

Meaning: face, temporary
On reading: リン rin
Kun reading: のぞ（む） nozomu
Strokes: 18
Radical: 臣 minster, official
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đối mặt, tạm thời (lâm)
Japanese: そのばにのぞむ。そのときだけの。
Korean: 마주하다, 임시 (림·임)
Chinese: 面临、临时 (临)

Readings, words and example sentences

リン rin · on reading

臨りん時じ
special, not planned
臨りん時じの休みになりました。
We got a surprise day off.

のぞ（む） nozomu · kun reading · less common

臨のぞむ
to face, to take part in (a match, a test)
落ち着いて試合に 臨のぞみます。
I stay calm and go into the match.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.