Character: 林
Modern (Beijing) reading: lín
Preclassic Old Chinese: rǝm
Classic Old Chinese: rǝm
Western Han Chinese: rǝm
Eastern Han Chinese: rǝm
Early Postclassic Chinese: lim
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lim
Late Postclassic Chinese: lim
Middle Chinese: lim
English meaning : forest, woods; forester; a kind of bell
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лес, роща; лесной; 2) собрание; сборник; множество; 3) густой; цветущий; 4) Линь (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 平土有叢木曰林.從二木.凡林之屬皆從林. [271]
Comments: For initial *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen na2, Chaozhou lim2, Fuzhou liŋ2, Jianou lɛiŋ2. Cf. also a derivate: OC *srǝm 森 'thicket, grove'.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 5148
Karlgren code: 0655 a-d
Vietnamese reading: lâm
Shijing occurrences: 7.3_, 31.3
