林 — grove, woods, forest

はやし林 grove

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes nature plant

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.

Meanings

grove
woods
forest

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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).

林(はやし) hayashi grove 小(こ) 林(ばやし) kobayashi Kobayashi (surname) 若(わか) 林(ばやし) wakabayashi Wakabayashi

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).

森(しん) 林(りん) shinrin forest 山(さん) 林(りん) sanrin mountain forest 林(りん) 立(りつ) rinritsu standing close together 林(りん) 道(どう) rindou forest road 農(のう) 林(りん) nourin agriculture and forestry 林(りん) 業(ぎょう) ringyou forestry 農(のう) 林(りん) 省(しょう) nourinshou Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 農(のう) 林(りん) 水(すい) 産(さん) 省(しょう) nourinsuisanshou Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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き木 tree #75

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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).

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#75 木 tree

林 — grove, woods, forest

Meanings

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).

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Used as component in (5)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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林 — grove, woods, forest

Meanings

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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (5)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).