| 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) |
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
| 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 |
recollection, think, remember
- On:
- オク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1324 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 憶測 【オクソク】 guess, speculation, supposition
- 臆病 【オクビョウ】 cowardly, timid, easily frightened
- 追憶 【ツイオク】 recollection, reminiscence
- バッファ記憶 【バッファキオク】 buffer storage, buffer
Readings
- Korean:
- eog
Spanish
- 100 millones
- cantidad grande
Portuguese
- lembrança
- pensar
- recordar
French
- souvenir
- mémoire
- réminiscence
| 1039 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1662 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1780 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1146 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1323 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2440 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 381 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 382 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 651 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 831 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 944 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 530 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 691 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 639 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11295 | Morohashi |
| 765 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2001 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 632 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1830 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1158 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k13.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 9003.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 61b6 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1839 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蓮華 【レンゲ】 lotus flower, Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus), china spoon, lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
- 蓮角 【レンカク】 jacana (esp. the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus), lily-trotter
- 睡蓮 【スイレン】 water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea), pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
- 黄連 【オウレン】 goldthread (Coptis japonica)
Kun reading compounds
- 蓮 【はす】 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus, rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
- 蓮池 【はすいけ】 lotus pond
- 蓮 【はす】 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus, rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
- 蓮の蔤 【はちすのはい】 lotus root
- 木蓮 【きはちす】 rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeon
Spanish
- loto
Portuguese
French
| 4731 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2197 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2227 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2940 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1511 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2047 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 31722 | Morohashi |
| 5105 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2360 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2446 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k10.31 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 4430.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 84ee | Unicode hex code |