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林 is a common Chinese character and surname meaning “forest,” composed of two “tree” radicals and widely used across East Asian languages.

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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
etymology pictophonetic character depicting a group of trees
frequencyInChinese common
kangxiRadical 75
kangxiRadicalName
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
strokeCount 8
structure left-right
traditionalForm
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

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Lin originCharacter