林

林 — grove, forest

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #656 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: りん rin
Kun'yomi: はやし hayashi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 林

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