林
E458596
CJK unified ideograph
Chinese character
Chinese surname
Japanese surname
Korean surname
Vietnamese surname
林 is a common Chinese character and surname meaning “forest,” composed of two “tree” radicals and widely used across East Asian languages.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CJK unified ideograph
ⓘ
Chinese character ⓘ Chinese surname ⓘ Japanese surname ⓘ Korean surname ⓘ Vietnamese surname ⓘ |
| block | CJK Unified Ideographs ⓘ |
| bopomofo | ㄌㄧㄣˊ ⓘ |
| cantoneseJyutping | lam4 ⓘ |
| cantoneseYale | làhm ⓘ |
| commonSurnameRegion |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainland China NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| component | 木 ⓘ |
| etymology | pictophonetic character depicting a group of trees ⓘ |
| frequencyInChinese | common ⓘ |
| kangxiRadical | 75 ⓘ |
| kangxiRadicalName | 木 ⓘ |
| koreanReadingHangul |
림 (rim)
ⓘ
임 (im) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kunYomiJapanese |
はやし (hayashi)
ⓘ
ばやし (bayashi) ⓘ |
| language |
Chinese
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ |
| mandarinTone | second tone ⓘ |
| meaning | forest ⓘ |
| onYomiJapanese | リン (rin) ⓘ |
| pinyin | lín ⓘ |
| radicalCount | 2 ⓘ |
| semanticField |
nature
ⓘ
vegetation ⓘ |
| simplifiedForm | 林 ⓘ |
| strokeCount | 8 ⓘ |
| structure | left-right ⓘ |
| traditionalForm | 林 ⓘ |
| unicodeCodePoint | U+6797 ⓘ |
| usage |
given name element
ⓘ
place name element ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| usedInWord |
林业
ⓘ
林地 ⓘ 林道 (Japanese) ⓘ 林間 (Japanese) ⓘ 森林 ⓘ |
| variantOf | 𣐺 ⓘ |
| vietnameseReading | Lâm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.