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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 鄰 U+9130 |  Seal script | 厸 Semantic variant | 邻 Simplified character | 隣 Alternate form Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 邑+ 12 strokes = 15 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.103#28 Kangxi: p.1278#08 Cihai: p.1347r5c02 GSR: 387.i Hanyu: v6,p3797#11 |
| Composition: | Left: 粦, right: 阝. Compositionally related: 隣 隣 . Component of: 𠐕 𡓏 𡂰 𢸜 𤑲 𩽂 |
| Mandarin: | lín lìn ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄣˋ |
| Cantonese: | leon4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *lin |
| Shuowen: | 《邑部》邻：五家为邻。从邑粦声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上平声·眞·㷠》邻：近也，亲也。《说文》曰：五家爲邻俗作隣。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·邑部·十二》邻：〔古文〕厸《唐韵》力珍切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》离珍切，𠀤音粼。《广韵》近也，亲也。《正韵》比也。《释名》邻，连也。相接连也。《周礼·地官·遂人》五家爲邻，五邻爲里。又连界之国，亦称邻。《书·蔡仲之命》睦乃四邻。又左右辅弼亦曰邻。《书·益稷》臣哉邻哉。《注》臣以人言，邻以职言。又车声。与辚通。《诗·秦风》有车邻邻。《注》衆车声。又《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤良刃切，音吝。与甐通。《集韵》敝也。《正韵》动也。《周礼·冬官考工记》轮虽敝，不甐于凿。《注》以轮之厚，石虽啮之，不能敝其凿，旁使之动也。甐，本又作邻。又叶陵延切，音连。《陆机·挽歌》人往有反岁，我行无归年。昔居四民宅，今托万鬼邻。《正字通》本作邻，隶作隣。今通作邻。 |
| Fanqie: | 力珍 (《广韵·上平声·眞·㷠》) |
| Unihan definition: | neighbor; neighborhood |
Example usage
| 《论语·里仁》: | 子曰：“德不孤，必有邻。” |
| The Master said, "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors." | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 是故禹以四海为壑，今吾子以邻国为壑。 |
| He therefore made the four seas their receptacle, while you make the neighbouring States their receptacle. | |
| 《礼记·问丧》: | 恻怛之心，痛疾之意，伤肾乾肝焦肺，水浆不入口，三日不举火，故邻里为之糜粥以饮食之。 |
| In the bitterness of his grief, and the distress and pain of his thoughts, his kidneys were injured, his liver dried up, and his lungs scorched, while water or other liquid did not enter his mouth, and for three days fire was not kindled (to cook anything for him). On this account the neighbours prepared for him gruel and rice-water, which were his (only) meat and drink. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 至周罔君臣之义，衍无知于天地之间，虽邻不觌也。 |
| As for Zhou lacking the yi of rulers and subjects, and Yan's ignorance of what lies between Heaven and Earth, even if I were their neighbor, I would not visit them. | |
| 《墨子·七患》: | 边国至境四邻莫救，二患也。 |
| When an enemy state is approaching and yet one's neighbours do not come to the rescue, this is the second worry. | |
| 《庄子·胠箧》: | 昔者齐国邻邑相望，鸡狗之音相闻，罔罟之所布，耒耨之所刺，方二千馀里。 |
| Formerly, in the state of Qi, the neighbouring towns could see one another; their cocks and dogs never ceased to answer the crowing and barking of other cocks and dogs (between them). The nets were set (in the water and on the land); and the ploughs and hoes were employed over more than a space of two thousand li square. | |
| 《道德经》: | 犹兮若畏四邻。 |
| Irresolute like those who are afraid of all around them. | |
| 《商君书·算地》: | 今世主有地方数千里，食不足以待役实仓，而兵为邻敌臣，故为世主患之。 |
| But nowadays, although the rulers of the world have territory of several thousand square li, the produce is not sufficient to support the soldiers and to fill the granaries, and the army is equalled by the neighbours. I regret this state of affairs, therefore, on behalf of the ruler. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 祸与福邻，莫知其门。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 命诸侯者，邻国有臣弑其君，孽弑其宗，虽不请乎天子而征之可也，已征而归其地于天子。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 此言物莫无邻，察视其外，可以见其内也 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 寇盗并起，上下乖离，邻人相暴，对门相盗，礼义不修。 |
| 《大戴礼记·保傅》: | 不敬于祭，不信于诸侯，不诫于戎事，不诚于赏罚，不厚于德，不强于行，赐与侈于近臣，邻爱于疏远卑贱，不能惩忿窒欲，不从太师之言，凡是之属，太傅之任也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·诛伐》: | 故曰：父之仇不与共天下，兄弟之仇不与共国，朋友之仇不与同朝，族人之仇不共邻。 |
| 《新书·劝学》: | 夫启耳目，载心意，从立移徙，与我同性，而舜独有贤圣之名，明君子之实，而我曾无邻里之闻，宽徇之智者，独何与？ |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 邻国，敌也。 |
| 《中论·民数》: | 使其邻比，相保相爱，刑罚庆赏，相延相及，故出入存亡，臧否顺逆，可得而知矣。 |
| 《孔子家语·儒行解》: | 己有才而以资邻国，难以言智也。 |
| 《潜夫论·爱日》: | 万官挠民，令长自衒，百姓废桑而趋府庭者，非朝晡不得通，非意气不得见，讼不讼辄连月日，举室释作，以相瞻视，辞人之家，辄请邻里应对送饷，比事讫，竟亡一岁功，则天下独有受其饥者矣，而品人俗士之司典者，曾不觉也。 |
| 《论衡·偶会》: | 黄公取邻巫之女，卜谓女相贵，故次公位至丞相。 |
| 《太玄经·争》: | 测曰，“争射誾誾”、君子让邻也。 |
| 《风俗通义·李广》: | 是以名声暴于夷、貊，威棱憺乎邻国。 |
| 《孔丛子·广诂》: | 逼、昵、附、切、局、邻、傅、戚，近也。 |
| 《申鉴·俗嫌》: | 邻脐二寸谓之关，关者所以关藏呼吸之气，以禀授四体也。 |
| 《新语·辨惑》: | 于是齐人惧然而恐，君臣易操，不安其故行，乃归鲁四邑之侵地，终无乘鲁之心，邻□振动，人怀向鲁之意，强国骄君，莫不恐惧，邪臣佞人，变行易虑，天下之政，□□而折中。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 当世知名，辐辏而至，四方襁负，自远若归，穷山幽谷，于是为邦，百工集趣，机巧万端，器械通变，利民无穷，邻邦褱慕，交扬益州，尽遣驿使，冠盖相望。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 羊肝化为地皋，马血之为转邻也，人血之为野火也。 |
| 《鶡冠子·世兵》: | 夫死人之事者，不能续人之寿，故退与鲁君计，桓公合诸侯，曹子以一剑之任劫桓公墠位之上，颜色不变，辞气不悖三战之所亡，一旦而反，天下震动，四邻惊骇，名传后世。 |
| 《文子·守虚》: | 以无应有，必究其理，以虚受实，必穷其节，恬愉虚静，以终其命，无所鉕，无所亲，抱德炀和，以顺于天，与道为际，与德为邻，不为福始，不为祸先，死生无变于己，故曰至神。 |
| 《文始真经·七釜》: | 既而之门，之邻，之里，之党。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 犹兮若畏四邻。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 然而兵甲顿，士民病，蓄积索，田畴荒，囷仓虚，四邻诸侯不服，霸王之名不成，此无异故，其谋臣皆不尽其忠也。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 尧为匹夫，不能使其邻家。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 人民百姓皆献其谷菽粟泉金，归其财物，以佐君之大事，此谓乘天灾而求民邻财之道也 |
| 《公孙龙子·通变论》: | 不相邻而相邻，不害其方也。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 秦缪置陷陈三万，以服邻敌。 |
| 《六韬·少众》: | 以弱击强者，必得大国之与、邻国之助。 |
| 《淮南子·齐俗训》: | 世乐志平，见邻国之人溺，尚犹哀之，又况亲戚乎！ |
| 《吕氏春秋·知化》: | 夫吴之与越也，接土邻境，壤交通属，习俗同，言语通，我得其地能处之，得其民能使之。 |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 以告邻人，邻人阴欲图之，谓之曰：“怪石也。” |
| 《史记·秦本纪》: | 于是缪公退而问内史廖曰：“孤闻邻国有圣人，敌国之忧也。” |
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