Chinese Character Wiki
森

sēn

forest

Combination of three trees (木).

Components
木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

森 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
森 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

森  

sēn

forest; luxuriant vegetation

森  

Sēn

Mori (Japanese surname)

Most common words with 森
Freq.
Word
Meaning

森

forest

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forest

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Arsenal Football Club

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Simpson (name)

弗格森

Ferguson (surname)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.rəm

srim

sēn

dense trees


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 27.0223% of movies

831st most common character in movies

1029th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+68EE

Shuowen

“森，木多皃。从林，从木。讀若曾參之參。”


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