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琳: jewel, tinkling of jewelry

JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

王 carries the meaning · 林 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リンrin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 琳派りんぱRimpa school (of painting, 17th-early 20th…
  • 光琳派こうりんはKorin school

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
More in the 王 jewelry story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
王

Also built on jewelry (王)

All 35
林

Also built on grove (林)

Also read リン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
琳 jewel · 王
vs森 forest · 木
琳 has 王 where 森 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lín

Same form: 琳 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
琳 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
琳 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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