邻 lín
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 令 command, decree, order 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
邻居
línjū
neighbor
Characters in this word
居 jū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 邻居很好。 Línjū hěn hǎo. The neighbor is very nice.
- 我有新邻居。 Wǒ yǒu xīn línjū. I have a new neighbor.
- 邻居来帮忙。 Línjū lái bāngmáng. The neighbor comes to help.