The kanji 林: meaning, readings and stroke order

林

Meaning: woods
On reading: リン rin
Kun reading: はやし hayashi
Strokes: 8
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: rừng cây (lâm)
Japanese: はやし。きがならんだところ。
Korean: 작은 숲 (림·임)
Chinese: 树林

Readings, words and example sentences

リン rin · on reading

森しん林りん
forest
森しん林りんにはたくさんの虫がいます。
There are lots of bugs in the forest.

はやし hayashi · kun reading

林はやし
woods, grove
林はやしでめずらしい虫を見つけました。
I found an unusual bug in the woods.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.