Read Edit View history Discussion 林 lín HSK4 forest Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Combination of two trees (木). Pinyin Separate values with commas lín × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 林 Simp strokes 林 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 林 Simp strokes 林 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 林 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 109, 490 ], [ 150, 485 ], [ 193, 490 ], [ 333, 519 ], [ 369, 533 ], [ 429, 535 ] ], [ [ 263, 792 ], [ 289, 770 ], [ 312, 739 ], [ 298, 259 ], [ 283, 104 ], [ 284, 23 ] ], [ [ 279, 478 ], [ 271, 472 ], [ 255, 404 ], [ 211, 327 ], [ 141, 228 ], [ 65, 146 ] ], [ [ 328, 412 ], [ 342, 396 ], [ 385, 371 ], [ 399, 351 ] ], [ [ 481, 529 ], [ 504, 524 ], [ 557, 526 ], [ 667, 552 ], [ 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319 90 Q 318 127 323 393 L 324 419 Z", "M 265 481 Q 210 346 58 149 Q 54 139 64 138 Q 88 138 193 265 Q 239 320 279 401 C 332 506 277 509 265 481 Z", "M 323 393 Q 378 338 399 336 Q 411 336 416 353 Q 417 365 407 383 Q 397 398 374 405 Q 340 418 324 419 C 294 422 302 414 323 393 Z", "M 659 526 Q 834 574 840 577 Q 849 587 844 595 Q 835 608 804 614 Q 771 620 739 606 Q 699 591 659 577 L 613 563 Q 553 550 489 540 Q 450 533 479 515 Q 524 491 587 509 Q 590 510 598 511 L 659 526 Z", "M 658 483 Q 658 505 659 526 L 659 577 Q 659 688 680 761 Q 693 788 668 806 Q 652 818 621 837 Q 596 855 575 838 Q 569 834 576 817 Q 610 768 611 716 Q 612 646 613 563 L 611 432 Q 608 204 593 136 Q 572 49 592 7 Q 593 0 598 -9 Q 605 -28 613 -31 Q 620 -38 628 -29 Q 635 -25 646 -3 Q 656 22 656 56 Q 655 101 657 437 L 658 483 Z", "M 598 511 Q 570 444 532 383 Q 487 313 383 185 Q 377 175 388 174 Q 394 173 403 181 Q 530 283 611 432 C 667 533 610 539 598 511 Z", "M 657 437 Q 718 332 797 220 Q 813 199 844 198 Q 947 195 981 199 Q 991 200 992 205 Q 993 209 980 218 Q 829 296 770 360 Q 716 415 658 483 C 638 506 642 463 657 437 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.