| 1694 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1671 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 397 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1679 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1041 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 363 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1176 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1234 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1877 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 83 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 67 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 40 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 43 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 976 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 466 | Morohashi |
| 59 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 158 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 967 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1041 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1097 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil
- On:
- ハク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1741 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 伯 【ハク】 count, earl, chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system), Brazil
- 伯爵 【ハクシャク】 count, earl
- 画伯 【ガハク】 master painter, great artist, painter, artist
- 医伯 【イハク】 doctor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いき、 えき、 か、 き、 は、 ひろ
- Korean:
- baeg, pae
Spanish
- jefe
- conde
- hermano mayor
- Brasil
Portuguese
- chefe
- conta
- conde
- tio
- Brasil
French
- chef
- comte
- oncle
- Brésil
| 2178 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 2620.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4f2f | Unicode hex code |
林
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
656 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 林道 【リンドウ】 path through forest, woodland path, logging road
- 林業 【リンギョウ】 forestry
- 雑木林 【ゾウキバヤシ】 grove of miscellaneous trees, copse, coppice, thicket
- 農林 【ノウリン】 agriculture and forestry
Kun reading compounds
- 林 【はやし】 wood, woods, forest, grove, copse, thicket, bunch (of something), cluster, line, collection
- 林原美術館 【はやしばらびじゅつかん】 Hayashibara Museum of Art
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し
- Korean:
- rim
Spanish
- arboleda
- soto
Portuguese
- bosque
- floresta
French
- bois (petite forêt)
- bois
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 64 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 75 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 420 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2210 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 57 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 197 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 633 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 127 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 127 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 459 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1081 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1071 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 200 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14551 | Morohashi |
| 861 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2590 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 196 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 208 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 75 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1864 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 4499.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-51 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6797 | Unicode hex code |