Chinese Character Wiki
林

lín

forest

Combination of two trees (木).

Components
木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

林 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
林 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
林 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
林 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
林 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

林  

lín

forest, grove; surname; woods; forest; CL:片[piàn]; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things)

林  

Lín

surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi

Most common words with 林
Freq.
Word
Meaning

林

woods

森林

forest

树林

woods

柏林

Berlin, capital of Germany

丛林

jungle

Component uses

Meaning component in 6 characters (1 verified)

楚 焚 梵 麓 潸 棼

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

禁 淋 琳 彬 婪 霖 郴 啉 痲

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

鬱 棥 𢽳

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

梦

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

爨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]əm

lim

lín

forest


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 40.2371% of movies

639th most common character in movies

364th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6797

Shuowen

“林，平土有叢木曰林。从二木。”


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