| 144 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2778 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3243 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2277 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 3220 | Morohashi |
| 2621 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 684 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2895 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2904 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2436 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 叢 【ソウ】 plexus, rete
- 叢書 【ソウショ】 series (of publications), library (set of books)
- 神経叢 【シンケイソウ】 nerve plexus
- 頚神経叢 【ケイシンケイソウ】 cervical plexus
Kun reading compounds
- 草むら 【くさむら】 the grass, grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
- 群がる 【むらがる】 to swarm, to gather
- 群 【むら】 gathering
- 群がる 【むらがる】 to swarm, to gather
- 竹叢 【たかむら】 bamboo grove
- 杉叢 【すぎむら】 thicket of cedar trees
Readings
- Korean:
- chong
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 6e12.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-13 | SKIP code |
| 2-11-7 | SKIP code |
| 3214.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53e2 | 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 |