林
grove, forest
Readings
On'yomi
- リン
Kun'yomi
- はやし
Nanori
- し
Meaning
林 centers on a cluster of trees: a grove or small forest, smaller and less dense than a deep forest.
Most common words using 林
20 of 207- 林はやしN4
wood; woods; forest; grove; copse; thicket
- 林檎りんごN5
apple (fruit)
- 森林しんりんN2
forest; woods
- 農林のうりんN1
agriculture and forestry
- 林道りんどう
path through forest; woodland path
- 林業りんぎょうN1
forestry
- 山林さんりんN2
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; woodland
- 梅林ばいりん
ume grove; plum grove
- 竹林ちくりん
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
- 雨林うりん
rainforest
- 密林みつりん
close thicket; dense forest; jungle
- 農林水産省のうりんすいさんしょう
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
- 林家りんか
family working in the forest industry; forestry family
- 植林しょくりん
afforestation
- 林間りんかん
in the forest
- 樹林じゅりん
forest; woodland; woods; area of dense woody vegetation
- 松林まつばやし
pine forest
- 雑木林ぞうきばやし
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
- 林立りんりつ
standing close together; bristling (with)
- 森林公園しんりんこうえん
forest park
Study
Etymology
林 is a compound of two 木 (tree) characters, directly representing a grove or small forest.
Meaning mnemonic
Two trees 木 standing together make a small forest or grove: 林.
Reading mnemonic
For リン, imagine a ring of trees forming a grove: ring -> リン, and the trees stand in a circle.