臨
リン, のぞ.む, み
look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
JLPT1 G6 S18 F722
An abbreviated form# of 監 keep watch over + 品 assorted goods → keep watch over assorted people/objects (compare 督) → *survey*; *command* → *face* (an object/situation).
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