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What is the Kanji for "Neighbor" and "Neighbouring"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Neighbor" and "Neighbouring", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Neighbor" and "Neighbouring" is "隣".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Tona" and "Tonari".

Its onyomi reading is "Rin".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "⻖" . And The component "粦" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "隣" mean in japanese?

"隣" means "Neighbor" and "Neighbouring" .

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

隣り: "Neighbor". The Japanese noun '隣り (となり)' means 'neighbor'. This word refers to the person or people who live next to you, or the place that is right next to where you are located. It is commonly used to describe the person or place that is closest or adjacent to something else. For example: My neighbor is very friendly - (私の隣の人は非常に友好的です). The house next door is my neighbor's - (隣の家は私の隣人の家です).
隣り合う: "Be next to" or "Adjoin". The Japanese verb '隣り合う (となりあう)' means 'to be next to' or 'to adjoin'. It describes when two or more things are located side by side or in close proximity to each other. This verb can be used for both physical and abstract concepts. For example: The houses are next to each other - (家が隣り合っている). Our offices adjoin - (私たちのオフィスが隣り合っている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "り" is read as "ri". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". The hiragana "と" is read as "to". And The hiragana "な" is read as "na".