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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

林 lín
forest, grove; surname
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “forestry”

WordPinyinMeaning
林业 (林業)lín yèforest industry; forestry
林务 (林務)lín wùforestry
森林培育sēn lín péi yùforestry; silviculture

Related words

Other words that share a character with 林学.

WordPinyinMeaning
森林sēn línforest; measure word: 片 (piàn)
丛林 (叢林)cóng línjungle; thicket
林业 (林業)lín yèforest industry; forestry
树林 (樹林)shù línwoods; grove
园林 (園林)yuán língardens; park; landscape garden
山林shān línwooded mountain; mountain forest
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; 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.

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