KANJI: SHIN mori (woods,grove)

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Character Etymology:

An ideograph showing many trees. See also forest.

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

on-yomi: SHIN
kun-yomi: mori

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: mori moto

English Definitions:

1. SHIN, mori: woods, grove.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 2749
Henshall: 38

Unicode Encoded Version:

森

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

森林 (shinrin): forest, wood.
森森 (shinshin): thick forsest (see all the trees?)
森羅万象 (shinra-banshou): all creation, the universe.

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