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琳 = 林 + 王

琳 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chime”. It is built from 林 (grove) and 王 (king). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2610.

Keyword
chime
RTK frame
2610
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
jewel, звонить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
琳 beautiful jade

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 林 grove
  2. 王 king

How to find 琳 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grove” + “king”. 琳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 琳 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.