Chinese symbol for “forestry”
林学
lín xué
Traditional: 林學
forestry
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forestry is 林学 (lín xué), defined as: forestry.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “forestry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 林业 (林業) | lín yè | forest industry; forestry |
| 林务 (林務) | lín wù | forestry |
| 森林培育 | sēn lín péi yù | forestry; silviculture |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 林学.
| 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 |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forestry”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.