林 lín forest; woods
Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75]Made with 8 strokes.
Two trees in this case make a forest. Also a common family name.
Ancient small seal form 
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Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) ; 本 běn (root) ; 菜 cài (vegetable) ; 彩 cǎi (color) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 柴 chái (firewood) ; 床 chuáng (bed) ; 杆 gān (pole) ; 果 guǒ (fruit) ; 机 jī (machine) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 桔 jú (tangerine) ; 棵 kē (of plants) ; 来 lái (arrive) ; 李 lǐ (plum) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 棋 qí (board game) ; 秦 qín (Qin) ; 亲 qīn (parent) ; 柔 róu (soft) ; 杀 shā (to kill) ; 树 shù (tree) ; 术 shù (method) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 条 tiáo (strip) ; 未 wèi (not yet) ; 闲 xián (to stay idle) ; 相 xiāng (each other) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 植 zhí (to plant) ; 枝 zhī (branch) ; 桌 zhuō (table)
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临 lín ; 邻 lín (neighbor)Provinces
吉林 JilinCities
桂林 Guilin, Guangxi吉林市 Jilin City, Jilin
榆林 Yulin, Shaanxi
People
林森 Lin SenProverbs
笨鸟先飞早入林 bèn niǎo xiān fēi zǎo rù lín Starting early helps achieve success独木不成林,单弦不成音 dú mù bù chéng lín, dān xián bù chéng yīn Many things require people to work together to achieve an end
焚林而畋,竭泽而渔 fén lín ěr tián, jié zé ěr yú Ignoring the consequences