林
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
林 (radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木木 (DD), four-corner 44990, composition ⿰木木)
Derived characters[edit]
- 㑣, 啉, 𡍚, 㛦, 崊, 㣩, 惏, 㨆, 淋, 晽, 𦝃, 𤊩, 琳, 䢞, 𪾭, 碄, 綝(𬘭), 諃, 𨂕, 醂, 𧇨, 𪳻, 𮨭(𬱾), 𣒜, 彬, 郴, 㪔, 𬃂, 𬃴, 䫐(𬃲), 𠓭, 冧, 𠩵, 㚞, 㝝, 𡹇, 麻, 𣇰, 森, 菻, 𠄻, 痳, 罧, 𥦝, 𪩦, 𦋗, 箖, 𧇃, 𤾓, 䦥, 霖, 𧇥, 𠐙, 𬴫, 𪎦, 𣟒
- 𣑽, 𫦯, 㭝, 𠵂, 埜, 梦, 𡘽, 婪, 𡹚, 梵, 梺, 椘, 𢛓, 𫿱, 𣈅, 𣓏, 𪵝, 焚, 㷊, 棼, 棽, 棾, 𣓕, 𣓴, 𪲡, 𬂽, 榃, 楚, 𥁹, 𥓙, 禁, 𣕯, 𣕽, 𣕾, 𪲵, 𫱒, 𬃕, 𬃚, 𧛀, 𧩋, 𧯴, 𧼖, 䠂, 辳, 㯄, 𧹫, 𪳟, 𨨗, 樷, 㯟, 㯬, 𪳯, 𬄜, 檒(𮨴), 𣜕, 𨤳, 𪳽, 𬄰, 𩤆, 𣝹, 㰈, 𬷞, 麓, 𧰔, 𬅐, 𬅛, 𮟝, 𣫓
Further reading[edit]
- KangXi: page 516, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14551
- Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1164, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6797
Chinese[edit]
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Glyph origin[edit]
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Duplication of 木 (“tree”) to give the idea of multiple trees (compare 森), thus a forest.
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ram (“jungle; forest; country; field”) (STEDT). Cognate with 森 (OC *srɯm, “forest”), Mizo ram (“forest; country”), Karbi ram (“jungle”).
Or perhaps an area word (Schuessler, 2007), shared with Khmer រាម (riəm, “thick bushy jungle that grows along a stream”), Old Khmer *rām (“inundated forest along a watercourse”), Old Khmer sarāma ~ sarāṃ (“a tract of stunted vegetation”), Mon ရာံ (rèm, “copse; patch of woodland”).
- “Hayashi”
- Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 林 (Hayashi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
林
- forest; grove; woods
- circle; community; group of similar people or things
- A surname, commonly romanized as Lin, Lim, and Lam
- Hayashi (a Japanese surname)
- Hayashi (a Japanese female given name)
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 林
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Descendants[edit]
Others:
Further reading[edit]
- “Entry #4208”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
林
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)←りん (rin, historical)←りむ (rimu, ancient)
- Kan-on: りん (rin, Jōyō)←りん (rin, historical)←りむ (rimu, ancient)
- Kun: はやし (hayashi, 林, Jōyō); おおい (ōi, 林い)←おほい (ofoi, historical)
- Nanori: き (ki); きみ (kimi); しげ (shige); しげる (shigeru); とき (toki); ふさ (fusa); もと (moto); もり (mori); よし (yoshi)
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 林 |
| はやし Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese.
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 生やす (hayasu, “to grow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a grove, woods, copse
- (figuratively) a forest of something
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- A surname.
- A female given name
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 林 |
| りん Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
/rimʉ/ → /riɴ/
From Middle Chinese 林 (MC liɪm).
Affix[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Proper noun[edit]
- A surname.
- (rare) A female given name
Usage notes[edit]
As a surname, this reading is more often used by people of Chinese ancestry, since it is similar to the Mandarin Chinese reading of Lín.
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
林 (eumhun 수풀 림 (supul rim), South Korea 수풀 임 (supul im))
Compounds[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
- forest
- gathering
- dense
- A surname.
References[edit]
- Hán Việt Tự Điển Thiều Chửu v. 3.0, http://vietnamtudien.org/thieuchuu, http://vietnamtudien.org/thieuchuu/&h75.htm#26519
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