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The kanji 隣: meaning, readings and stroke order
隣
- Meaning
- next to, neighbor
- On reading
- リン rin
- Kun reading
- とな（る） tonaru、となり tonari
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 阜 mound, dam
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bên cạnh, láng giềng (lân)
- Japanese
- となり。すぐ よこ。
- Korean
- 옆, 이웃 (린·인)
- Chinese
- 旁边、邻居 (邻)
Readings, words and example sentences
リン rin · on reading · less common
隣国
neighboring country
隣国との 交流が 始まりました。
Exchanges with the neighboring country have begun.
とな（る） tonaru · kun reading · less common
隣り合う
to be next to each other, to border
二つの 国が 隣り合って います。
The two countries are next to each other.
となり tonari · kun reading
隣
next door, next to
隣の 家に あいさつを します。
I say hello to the family next door.
Practise writing 隣 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 隣 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.