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Kanji Detail for 林 - "woods"

林

  • Meaning

    林 means "woods." Also associated with many.

    1. Woods - A grove of trees; a forest.

    2. Many - Numerous things gathered together.

  • Words using 林

    • 森林 しんりん Listen forest; woods
    • 農林 のうりん Listen agriculture and forestry
    • 山林 さんりん Listen mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land
    • 林業 りんぎょう Listen forestry
    • 植林 しょくりん Listen afforestation
    • 雑木林 ぞうきばやし Listen grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice
    • 林野庁 りんやちょう Listen Forestry Agency
    • 林道 りんどう Listen path through forest; woodland path; logging road

  • Four-character idioms with 林

    • 剣林弾雨 けんりんだんう Listen fierce battle; intense combat
    • 酒池肉林 しゅちにくりん Listen sumptuous feast; debauch
    • 風林火山 ふうりんかざん Listen as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain

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    • Verified meaning: woods
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつみ, いむ, くわざ, くわばやし)
    • Also carries these associations: many

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 林

    Given names 林(あつみ)Listen 林(しげる)Listen 林(はやし)Listen

    Surnames 林(いむ)Listen 林(くわざ)Listen 林(くわばやし)Listen 林(くわばら)Listen 林(くわまつ)Listen 林(しげ)Listen 林(はやしさき)Listen 林(はやしざき)Listen 林(はやしたか)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    grove; forest

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    forest, grove; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    forest, grove; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Trees growing on flat land are called 林. Such as 森林 (forest). | Any place where things gather is called 林. Such as 儒林 (Confucian forest), 藝林 (literary forest). | Abundant and flourishing. Things standing in rows are called 林立.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rin(リン) リン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hayashi(はやし) はやし

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    woods many abundance forest prosperity biodiversity conservation copse ecosystem environment fauna flora foliage greenery grove habitat jungle lumber nature numerous park thicket timber trees trunk wilderness woodland

Sentences including 林

  • They like apples.

  • I like apples.

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