林
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Translingual[edit]
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Phonosemantic interpretation[edit]
Old Chinese Initial /*l-/ lends semantic value Continuum. Final consonant /*-m/ lends semantic value Encompass. Pictogram (象形) of two trees, suggesting a large number of trees growing alongside each other and encompassing villages (compare 村), sacred ground (compare 禁) and other spaces. Source: Howell & Morimoto
Etymology[edit]
木 (wood) is repeated twice to give the idea of multiple trees (compare 森, 𣓏, 𣛧, 𣡕, 𣡽), thus a forest.
Han character[edit]
林 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木木 (DD), four-corner 44990, composition ⿰木木)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 516, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14551
- Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1164, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6797
Cantonese[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
林 (jyutping lam4, Yale lam4)
Hakka[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
林 (POJ lîm, Guangdong lim2, Hagfa Pinyim lim2)
References[edit]
- CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
- Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
- Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
Readings[edit]
Noun[edit]
林 (hiragana はやし, romaji hayashi)
Synonyms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
林 (hiragana はやし, romaji Hayashi)
- A surname.
- A female given name
Proper noun[edit]
- A surname.
- A female given name
Usage notes[edit]
As a surname, this reading is more often used by people of Chinese descent, since it is similar to the Mandarin Chinese reading of Lín.
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
林
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 림>임 (revised: rim>im, McCune-Reischauer: rim>im, Yale: lim>im)
- Name (hangeul): 수풀()
Mandarin[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
林 (pinyin lín (lin2), Wade-Giles lin2, Yale lin2)
Middle Chinese[edit]
Han character[edit]
林 (*lim)
Min Nan[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
林 (POJ lîm)
Descendants[edit]
- (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: lim
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
林 (lâm)
