臨
臨 — Look to
look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
On’yomiリン (rin)
Kun’yomiのぞむ (nozomu)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 臨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臨時 | りんじ rinji | temporary; provisional; interim |
| 臨床 | りんしょう rinshou | clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial) |
| 臨海 | りんかい rinkai | coastal; seaside; oceanfront |
| 君臨 | くんりん kunrin | reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling |
| 臨界 | りんかい rinkai | boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.) |
| 臨む | のぞむ nozomu | to look out on; to overlook; to front onto |
Study notes
臨 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #722 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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