| 1467 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 910 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2190 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1941 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1418 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 425 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1872 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2033 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1357 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1072 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1027 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 557 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 737 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1729 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14452 | Morohashi |
| 832 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2562 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1713 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1849 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1136 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1095 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 老杉 【ロウサン】 old cryptomeria
Kun reading compounds
- 杉 【すぎ】 Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
- 杉戸 【すぎど】 door made of cedar
- 台杉 【だいすぎ】 coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
- 神代杉 【じんだいすぎ】 lignitized Japanese cedar, lignitised Japanese cedar
Readings
- Korean:
- sam
Spanish
- cedro
Portuguese
- cedro
French
- cèdre
- cryptomère
| 1860 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4292.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6749 | 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 |