臨 (attend, call on, confront, face, look to, meet) - Kanji Codex

臨

attend, call on, confront, face, look to, meet

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

リン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

のぞ.む

Nanori (名乗り)

み

Stroke Order

18 / 18

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:18

JLPT:1

Frequency:722

Vocabulary

リン

Word	Reading	Meaning
君臨	クンリン	reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
臨界	リンカイ	boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
臨時	リンジ	temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
臨床	リンショウ	clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial)
臨場感	リンジョウカン	(sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there; realism; ambiance

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
臨く	のぞく	to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); to examine (an expression); to study (a face); to face
臨む	のぞむ	to look out on; to overlook; to front onto; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by; to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to go to (e.g. a place); to take part in; to participate; to join
臨終	りんじゅう	deathbed; dying hour; one's death
降臨	ごうりん	descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
臨時国会	りんじこっかい	extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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ability, container, implement, instrument, receptacle, set, tool, utensil, vessel

administer, govt office, official, oversee, rule

despatch, dispatch, do, donate, give, send, undertake

copy, draft, manuscript, straw

article, counter for meal courses, dignity, goods, refinement

entrust, request, send a message

distance, path, road, route

expensive, high, tall