漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
林: grove, forest
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 1Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning
8 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
リンrin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 林業りんぎょうforestry
- 森林しんりんforest, woods
- 山林さんりんmountain forest
- 原始林げんしりんprimeval forest, virgin forest
はやしhayashi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 林はやしwoods, forest
- 松林まつばやしpine forest
- 雑木林ぞうきばやしgrove of mixed trees, copse
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
木 tree + 木 tree
Duplication of 木 (“tree”) to give the idea of multiple trees (compare 森), thus a forest.
Source: Wiktionary, 林 (rev. 92200737), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Two trees standing together = a small forest or a quiet grove.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read リン
11 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lín
Same form: 林 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 林 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 林 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lín most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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