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林

Forest
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingリン
Kun readingはやし
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 1Level 5

Meanings

  1. forest
  2. groveRtK
  1. wood
  2. copse

Popular Usage

山林森林

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 208

Compound words

山林さんりん
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; woodland; mountains and forests
森林しんりん
forest; woods
雨林うりん
rainforest
小林こばやし
Japanese name
松林まつばやし
pine forest
植林しょくりん
afforestation
竹林ちくりん
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
農林のうりん
agriculture and forestry
林学りんがく
forestry; silviculture
林業りんぎょう
forestry
林檎りんご
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
林道りんどう
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
林立りんりつ
standing close together; bristling (with)
密林みつりん
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; Amazon (online retailer)
林野りんや
forests and fields
雑木林ぞうきばやし
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
林野庁りんやちょう
Forestry Agency
杏林きょうりん
apricot grove
蔚林うつりん
dense forest
営林えいりん
forest management
花林かりん
Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus)
翰林かんりん
literary circles
桂林けいりん
katsura forest
伯林ベルリン
Berlin (Germany)

Additional Examples

彼が送ってくれた林檎はおいしかった。
The apples which he sent to me were delicious.tatoeba
熱帯雨林は地球に多くの恩恵を与える。
Rainforests provide the earth with many benefits.tatoeba
熱帯雨林は残されるべきだ。
Rainforests should be preserved.tatoeba
熱帯雨林は一日数万ヘクタールの割合でなくなっている。
The rainforests are disappearing at the rate of tens of thousands of hectares a day.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Grove, woods. Two 木 (trees) side by side — a small wood.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 林

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step