Chinese symbol for “woods”
林
lín
(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for woods is 林 (lín), defined as: (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “woods”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “woods”.
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.