林 — grove, woods, forest
はやし
林
grove
はやし
U+6797
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #656
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #196
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- grove
- woods
- forest
Readings
- On'yomi
- りん rin
- Kun'yomi
- はやし hayashi
word
はやし ・ばやし hayashi 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).
りん rin 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
16 wordsEach dot is a word containing 林: 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 · 8 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
き
木
tree
#75
Used as component in (2)
Compound ideograph (会意). Two trees (木木) side by side represent a grove or woods — a smaller stand of trees. Compare 森 (three trees = dense forest).