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  1. 臨 is the 837th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (minister/official), 丿 (bend), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lin2 - to face/to overlook/to arrive/to be (just) about to/just before

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 臨 (lin2): The component 品 is pronounced as 'pin3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

来临 (來臨)
光临 (光臨)
 ()
临时 (臨時)
临近 (臨近)
临门 (臨門)
降临 (降臨)
面临 (面臨)

Medium Frequency

濒临 (瀕臨)
临别 (臨別)
临到 (臨到)
临场 (臨場)
临安 (臨安)
临床 (臨床)
临摹 (臨摹)
临时工 (臨時工)
临死 (臨死)
临汾 (臨汾)
临沂 (臨沂)
临海 (臨海)
临产 (臨產)
临终 (臨終)
临走 (臨走)
临阵 (臨陣)
临头 (臨頭)
莅临 (蒞臨)
亲临 (親臨)

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Meta:

  1. 近 is the 374th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 52 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (walk), (axe)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jin4 - near/close to/approximately

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 近 (jin4): The component 斤 is pronounced as 'jin1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

最近 
 

Medium Frequency

将近 (將近)
接近 
临近 (臨近)
亲近 (親近)
近来 (近來)
近年 
近日 
近期 
近视 (近視)
附近 
靠近 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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