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林
lín
1. woods
2. forest
3. CL:[[片<piàn>]]
4. circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
5. a collection (of similar things)
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

林
lín
forest, grove; surname
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

林业
línyè
forest industry
柏林
Bólín
Berlin, capital of Germany
林场
línchǎng
forestry station
林森
LínSēn
Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)
林肯
Línkěn
Lincoln (name)
林鹬
línyù
(Chinese bird species) wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
林区
línqū
region of forest
林堡
línbǎo
Limburg
林学
línxué
forestry
林村
LínCūn
Lam Tsuen (an area in Hong Kong)
林火
línhuǒ
forest fire
林县
Línxiàn
Lin county in Henan
林逋
LínBū
Lin Bu (967-1028), Northern Song poet
林鹨
línliù
(Chinese bird species) tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)
巴林
Bālín
Bahrain
林内
Línnèi
Linnei township in Yunlin county [[雲林縣|云林县<Yúnlínxiàn>]], Taiwan
林周
Línzhōu
Lhünzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in Lhasa [[拉薩|拉萨<Lāsà>]], Tibet
林地
líndì
woodland
林壑
línhè
woods and ravines
林子
línzi
woods

Alternate Entries

林
Lín
surname Lin

Metadata

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