臨

音読おんよみ: リン

訓読くんよみ: のぞ

画数かくすう: 18 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 臣(しん)

Meaning

Face / Attend / Confront / Be Present

  • 臨時りんじ — temporary
  • 臨場りんじょう — being on-site
  • 臨海りんかい — coastal
  • 臨戦りんせん — going to battle
  • のぞむ — to face / to attend / to deal with
  • 臨機応変りんきおうへん — adapt to circumstances

Formed with the semantic 臣 (“minister/retainer”) plus a phonetic element historically related to 覧. It originally meant “to approach and observe closely,” and now broadly covers facing a situation or attending formally.

会議かいぎのぞまえ準備じゅんびととのえた。
I prepared thoroughly before attending the meeting.

かれ重大じゅうだい決断けつだんのぞんでいる。
He is facing a major decision.

時
Creates
臨時りんじ — temporary
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