• 1027th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sēn (sen1)forest

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for sēn (sen1)The component is pronounced as 'sēn' (sen1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

森林 

Uncommon

弗格森 
森森 
卢森堡 (盧森堡)
阿森 
阴森 (陰森)
黑森林 

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  • 364th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 324 words
  • Component in 33 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lín (Lin2)surname Lin
2. lín (lin2)woods • forest • CL:片[pian4] • circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) • a collection (of similar things)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lín (lin2)The component is pronounced as 'lín' (lin2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

吉林 
少林寺 
林黛玉 
桂林 
森林 
武林 

Uncommon

克林顿 (克林頓)
凡士林 
丛林 (叢林)
吉林市 
吉林省 
园林 (園林)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
富兰克林 (富蘭克林)
少林 
巴林 
布鲁克林 (布魯克林)
斯大林 
杏林 
林则徐 (林則徐)
林子 
林彪 
林心如 
林忆莲 (林憶蓮)
林木 
林冲 (林沖)
林立 
林肯 
林芝 
林青霞 
柏林 
格林 
梅林 
椰林 
榆林 
树林 (樹林)
玉林 
田林 
石林 
穆斯林 
竹林 
红树林 (紅樹林)
蔡依林 
阿司匹林 
雨林 
黑森林 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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