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林
Lín
1. surname Lin
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

林
lín
forest, grove; surname
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

上林
Shànglín
Shanglin county in Nanning [[南寧|南宁<Nánníng>]], Guangxi
二林
Èrlín
Erhlin town in Changhua county [[彰化縣|彰化县<Zhānghuàxiàn>]], Taiwan
北林
Běilín
Beilin District of Suihua City [[綏化市|绥化市<SuíhuàShì>]], Heilongjiang
丛林
cónglín
jungle
吉林
Jílín
Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. [[吉]], capital [[長春|长春]]
员林
Yuánlín
Yuanlin town in Changhua county [[彰化縣|彰化县<Zhānghuàxiàn>]], Taiwan
乔林
qiáolín
forest (esp. of tall trees)
园林
yuánlín
gardens
HSK 6
坪林
Pínglín
Pinglin township in New Taipei City [[新北市<Xīnběishì>]], Taiwan
塔林
Tǎlín
Tallinn, capital of Estonia
士林
Shìlín
Shilin or Shihlin district of Taipei City [[臺北市|台北市<Táiběishì>]], Taiwan
大林
Dàlín
Dalin or Talin town in Chiayi county [[嘉義縣|嘉义县<Jiāyìxiàn>]], west Taiwan
孔林
Kǒnglín
the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu [[曲阜]], rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
字林
Zìlín
Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
密林
mìlín
jungle
宝林
Bǎolín
Po Lam (area in Hong Kong)
小林
Xiǎolín
Kobayashi (Japanese surname)
少林
Shàolín
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
巴林
Bālín
Bahrain
新林
Xīnlín
Xinlin district of Daxing'anling prefecture [[大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区]], Heilongjiang

Alternate Entries

林
lín
woods / forest / CL:[[片<piàn>]] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
363
Word Frequency Rank
451 of 84,292