Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N2

656 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: grove, forest

Kunyomi: はやし

Onyomi: リン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

業(りんぎょう)   forestry

(しんりん)   forest, woods

(さんりん)   mountain forest

原始(げんしりん)   primeval forest, virgin forest

(はやし)   woods, forest

(まつばやし)   pine forest

雑木(ぞうきばやし)   grove of mixed trees, copse

Onyomi Examples

リンドウ path through forest, woodland path, logging road

リンギョウ forestry

雑木 ゾウキバヤシ grove of miscellaneous trees, copse, coppice, thicket

ノウリン agriculture and forestry

Kunyomi Examples

はやし wood, woods, forest, grove, copse, thicket, bunch (of something), cluster, line, collection