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Kotomora

林

grove, forest

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 1FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes8

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

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  • 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

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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.