林 — Chinese character
林
lín
forest, grove; surname
- Pinyin
- lín
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 木 木
- Formation
- ideographic — Two trees 木 representing a forest
- Japanese
- 林 as a kanji
Common words with 林
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 森林 | sēn lín | forest; measure word: 片 (piàn) |
| 丛林 (叢林) | cóng lín | jungle; thicket |
| 林业 (林業) | lín yè | forest industry; forestry |
| 树林 (樹林) | shù lín | woods; grove |
| 园林 (園林) | yuán lín | gardens; park; landscape garden |
| 山林 | shān lín | wooded mountain; mountain forest |
| 武林 | wǔ lín | martial arts (social) circles |
| 造林 | zào lín | forestation |
| 林立 | lín lì | to stand in great numbers |
| 林地 | lín dì | woodland |
| 林木 | lín mù | forest; forest tree |
| 雨林 | yǔ lín | rainforest |
English words written with 林
林 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Art of War 5 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 22
- Analects 3.4
- Analects 3.6
- Art of War 7.13
- Art of War 7.17
- Art of War 9.17
- Art of War 11.8
- Art of War 11.52
- Hexagram 3
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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