Japanese symbol for “deforestation”
森林破壊
しんりんはかい
Romaji: shinrinhakai
deforestation
In Japanese, deforestation is 森林破壊, read しんりんはかい (shinrinhakai).
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Meanings
- n deforestation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “deforestation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 森林伐採 | しんりんばっさい shinrinbassai | deforestation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 森林 | しんりん shinrin | forest; woods |
| 青森 | あおもり aomori | Aomori (city, prefecture) |
| 大森 | おおもり oomori | large forest |
| 森羅万象 | しんらばんしょう shinrabanshou | all things in nature; the whole creation |
| 森林公園 | しんりんこうえん shinrinkouen | forest park |
| 森林浴 | しんりんよく shinrin'yoku | forest bathing; forest therapy; peaceful walk through the woods for health benefits |
| 農林 | のうりん nourin | agriculture and forestry |
| 林業 | りんぎょう ringyou | forestry |
| 破壊 | はかい hakai | destruction; disruption |
| 崩壊 | ほうかい houkai | collapse; crumbling; breaking down |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.