TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
鄰
鄰 ＝ 邑 ＋ 粦
ㄌㄧㄣˊ · lín
noun/adj — neighbor; neighboring, adjacent
字源 FORM — what the parts do
邑義a settlement, a district (right 阝)the walled place where people live
粦聲lín — gives the soundrice-grains (米) over crossed legs (舛) — will-o'-the-wisp, flickering light
A settlement (邑) and 粦 lín for the sound. The village next to yours — the neighbor, the neighboring place: 鄰居、鄰近、鄰邦. The same 粦 sounds out 磷、鱗、遴.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
你的村子（邑）旁邊，粦火（粦）也亮著的那一戶——鄰。
Beside your village (邑), the next house whose marsh-lights (粦) also glow — that is 鄰.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)鄰居— a neighbor常用
→鄰近、相鄰— neighboring, adjacent常用
⇒鄰邦、鄰國— a neighboring state
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
粦línthe phonetic without the settlement — 粦 is the flickering marsh-light; 鄰 adds for the next village隣línthe variant — 隣 wears the left 阝 (阜, a mound); 鄰 keeps the right 阝 (, a settlement)