林 grove

Also: forest

On'yomi: リン
Kun'yomi: はやし
Strokes: 8
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
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8

林 is written in 8 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Two trees standing side by side — not quite a forest yet, just a grove.

A common word

林はやし grove

Example sentences

家の後ろに林があります。
いえのうしろにはやしがあります。
There's a grove behind the house.
林の中は少し暗くて涼しいです。
はやしのなかはすこしくらくてすずしいです。
It's a little dark and cool inside the grove.

Don't confuse it with

枝 bough N2

Kanji that share a part

木 is its radical. 134 kanji share it in all.