| 1509 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1786 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3021 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1601 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1542 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1514 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1615 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1826 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1346 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1512 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 799 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1091 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1684 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22002 | Morohashi |
| 1178 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3776 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1668 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1797 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1568 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1572 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 疎 【ソ】 sparse, distant (of a relationship), estranged, alienated
- 疎開 【ソカイ】 evacuation (to the country), spreading out (troops), deployment, dispersal
- 過疎 【カソ】 underpopulation, low population density, depopulation
- 空疎 【クウソ】 empty (e.g. argument), insubstantial, hollow, fruitless
Kun reading compounds
- 疎い 【うとい】 distant (from someone), aloof, estranged, knowing little (of), ill-informed (about), ignorant (of), unfamiliar (with), unacquainted (with)
- 疎む 【うとむ】 to shun, to avoid, to ostracize, to neglect, to distance oneself from, to give the hard shoulder
- 疎ら 【まばら】 sparse, thin, scattered, straggling, sporadic
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- descuidar
- desatender
- rehuir
- desinteresado
- descuidado
Portuguese
- desviar
- rude
- negligenciar
- evitar
- esparso
French
- négligence
- ignorer
- aliéner
- éviter
- grossier
- clairsemé
- épars
| 3564 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a11.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 1-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 1519.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 758e | 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 |