鄰

A phono-semantic compound:

邑 (settlement) — semantic component;

粦 (린) — phonetic component.

Semantic development:

- adjacent settlement;

- nearby household;

- neighboring person;

- adjacent territory.

인린 (隣 / 鄰) — neighbor

인접 (隣接) — adjacency

근린 (近隣) — neighborhood

隣 expresses:

- shared boundary;

- social proximity;

- community adjacency.

Unlike 近 (mere distance), 隣 implies living side-by-side within a shared settlement structure.

Related characters:

邑 — settlement; city

近 — near

鄕 — village; hometown

里 — village; neighborhood

比 — to be close to; compare