林
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(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #142 U+6797
How 林 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two trees 木 representing a forest
components: 木 ×2
How to remember it
woods · Heisig RSH #203
木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 林 as their sound component
These characters all use 林 (lín) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 林 sound component | lín | forest, grove; surname |
| 禁 | jìn | to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure |
| 淋 | lín | to drench, to drip, to soak; perfectly |
| 琳 | lín | a beautiful gemstone |
| 彬 | bīn | ornamental; cultivated, refined, well-bred |
| 啉 | lín | stupid; slow |
| 霖 | lín | monsoon; a long spell of rain |
| 婪 | lán | to covet; covetous, avaricious |
| 痲 | má | pock-marked; measles; leprosy |
| 郴 | chēn | a county in Hunan province; surname |
Words containing 林
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 林克平大学 | Lín kè píng Dà xué | Linköping University, Sweden |
| 斯大林 | Sī dà lín | Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator |
| 海林市 | Hǎi lín Shì | Hailin, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 金林区 | Jīn lín Qū | Jinlin, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 上林县 | Shàng lín Xiàn | Shanglin, a county in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 林西县 | Lín xī Xiàn | Linxi, a county in Chifeng City 赤峰市[Chi4 feng1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 西林县 | Xī lín Xiàn | Xilin, a county in Baise City 百色市[Bai3 se4 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 斯大林主义 | Sī dà lín zhǔ yì | Stalinism |
| 林口县 | Lín kǒu Xiàn | Linkou, a county in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 林子 | lín zi | woods; grove; forest |
| 林区 | lín qū | region of forest |
| 林县 | Lín xiàn | Lin county in Henan |
| 山林 | shān lín | wooded mountain; mountain forest |
| 人工林 | rén gōng lín | planted forest |
| 新林区 | Xīn lín Qū | Xinlin, a district of Daxing'anling Prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu1],… |
| 林学 | lín xué | forestry |
| 石林县 | Shí lín Xiàn | see 石林彝族自治縣|石林彝族自治县[Shi2 lin2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 林地 | lín dì | woodland |
| 小林 | Xiǎo lín | Kobayashi (Japanese surname) |
| 马林巴 | mǎ lín bā | (loanword) marimba |