森 — forest
もり
森
forest
もり
U+68EE
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #609
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #197
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- forest
Readings
- On'yomi
- しん shin
- Kun'yomi
- もり mori
word
もり mori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
しん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
7 wordsEach dot is a word containing 森: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 3 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
き
木
tree
#75
Compound ideograph (会意). Three trees (木木木) stacked together represent a dense forest. The tripling intensifies 林 (grove, two trees), conveying depth and abundance.