臨 Kanji – look to
The Japanese kanji 臨 can mean look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on.
Meaning and Readings
How is 臨 read?
臨 has the onyomi reading リン and the kunyomi reading のぞむ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as rin, nozomu.
Common Japanese Words Using 臨
These common Japanese words contain 臨. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 君臨（くんりん） — reigning (over a country)
- 臨む（のぞむ） — to look out on, to overlook, to front onto
- 臨界（りんかい） — boundary
- 臨時（りんじ） — temporary, provisional, interim
- 臨終（りんじゅう） — deathbed, dying hour, one's death
- 臨床（りんしょう） — clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
- 臨場感（りんじょうかん） — (sense of) presence, feeling as if one was there, feeling of actually being there, realism, ambiance
- 臨海（りんかい） — coastal, seaside, oceanfront, maritime