林

Glyph origin
to give the idea of multiple trees (compare ), thus a forest.

Etymology
From (STEDT). Cognate with, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Or perhaps an area word, shared with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) forest; grove; woods
 * 2) circle; community; group of similar people or things
 * 3) forestry
 * , commonly romanized as Lin, Lim, and Lam
 * 1) forestry
 * , commonly romanized as Lin, Lim, and Lam
 * , commonly romanized as Lin, Lim, and Lam

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
From. First mentioned in the , completed in 759.

Derives from the of verb. The root verb is in the transitive form, suggesting that the original sense of hayashi may have indicated a deliberately planted or managed grove.

Noun

 * 1)  a grove, woods, copse
 * 2)   a forest of something

Etymology 2
→

From.

Affix

 * 1) grove, forest, woods, copse
 * 2) gathering
 * 3) lined up

Usage notes
As a surname, this reading is more often used by people of Chinese ancestry, since it is similar to the  reading of Lín.

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1) forest
 * 2) gathering
 * 3) dense