Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N2

609 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: forest, woods

Kunyomi: もり

Onyomi: シン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

林(しんりん)   forest

(もり)   woods

Onyomi Examples

シンリン forest, woods

シンカン silent, still, quiet, hushed

シンシン dense with trees, deeply forested

Kunyomi Examples

もり forest, shrine grove

青蛙 もりあおがえる forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)

あおもり Aomori (city, prefecture)

おおもり large forest