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林 = 木
林 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “grove”. It is built from 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 208. It appears as a component in 13 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- grove
- RTK frame
- 208
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- リン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はやし
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- роща
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 林 forest
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 林
- 森 forest
- 暦 calendar
- 歴 curriculum
- 麻 hemp
- 禁 prohibition
- 麓 foot of a mountain
- 淋 solitude
- 彬 copious
- 焚 kindle
- 琳 chime
- 梵 brahman
- 埜 plains (old)
- 楚 thicket
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