KANJI: RIN hayashi (forest)

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Character Etymology:

As with the character meaning woods, an ideograph showing many trees. In comparison to the character for woods, the trees here are fewer, but taller and more stately: which some ancients may feel to be the difference between forest and woods.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: RIN
kun-yomi: hayashi

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: shi

English Definitions:

1. RIN, hayashi: forest.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 2590
Henshall: 75

Unicode Encoded Version:

林

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

林木 (rinboku): a forest tree.
林学 (ringaku): forestry.
林間 (rinkan): in the forest].
小林 (kobayashi): a surname.
密林 (mitsurin): dense forest.

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