This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: リン、はやし
Romaji: rin, hayashi
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Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: shi
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Romaji

Meanings

grove, forest

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  75
Frequency:  656
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  1-4-4
Korean Reading:  rim
Chinese Reading:  lin2
Unicode:  6797
JIS:  4E53

Indexes

Halpern Index: 861
Nelson Index: 2210
New Nelson Index: 2590
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a4.1
Four Corner Index: 4499.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 75
Gakken Index: 420
Japanese Names Index: 633
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14551
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0228
Remembering the kanji Index: 196
Kanji Flashcards Index: 197
Kodansha Compact Index: 1081
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 64
Kanji in Context Index: 459
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 577
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 765
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 200
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 208
Essential Kanji Index: 57
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1071
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1864
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 150
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 75

Words

(はやし)
woods; forest; copse; thicket; bunch; line (of something); collection
農林 (のうりん)
agriculture and forestry
林業 (りんぎょう)
forestry
農林水産省 (のうりんすいさんしょう)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
林家 (りんか)
family working in the forest industry; forestry family
森林 (しんりん)
forest; woods
林檎 (りんご、へいか、ひょうか、りゅうごう、りんきん、りんき、リンゴ)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
林道 (りんどう)
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
山林 (さんりん)
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
森林公園 (しんりんこうえん)
forest park
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