The Chinese Radical: 林




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Meaning
forest    林

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
clear, orderly, distinct, pain, suffering
chǔ
Top: forest 林 (= two trees 木), bottom: correct 正 [actually bales of cloth 疋] (the correct foot 止 stops at the line 一)
The forest is correct if it is clear and orderly.  
HSK 4
dream, illusion
mèng
Top: forest 林 (2 trees 木), below: evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.)
Like a forest in the evening, that's my dream.  
HSK 4
forest, woods
lín

Two trees stand for a forest  
HSK 4
to prohibit to forbid, to endure
jīn, jìn
Top: wood/forest 林, bottom: to show, altar 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八)
In the wood 林 a "Showing up 示" is forbidden. - Or: Putting only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.  
HSK 4
hemp or flax fiber, numb

广
Left: building 广, below: forest 林
In the building is (protected) a whole forest of hemp.  
HSK 5
to rub, massage, to try to figure out

Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: hand 手
(Use of hemp for cleaning) With hemp in the hand it is rubbed.  
HSK 6
devil

Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), bottom: demon 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶>)
Hemp is a demon like the devil.  
HSK 6
to grind, polish, sharpen, wear down, waste time
mó, mò
Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: stone 石
Use hemp on the stones for polishing.  
HSK 6
to water sth., to sprinkle, drench, to drip
lín, lìn
Left: water 氵, right: forest 林
With water you'll get a (whole) forest, if you water it.  
HSK 6
greedy, avaricious, rapacious, insatiable
lán
Top: forest 林, bottom: women 女
Whoever sees the "forest" (= personal property) above "women" (= social contacts) is greedy.  
no HSK
ornamental, refined
bīn
Left: forest 林, right: hair 彡
In the forest you hang hair as an ornamental refinement? (Among the trees 木, the fir/pine 杉 is ornamental.)  
no HSK
gem, beautiful jade
lín
Left: king, jade 王, right: forest 林
The king has a forest with gems.  
no HSK
lapel, overlap of Chinese gown, heart, aspiration
jīn
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: prohibit, forbid 禁 (In the wood 林 a "Showing up 示" is forbidden, Or: Putting only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.)
Clothes that is forbidden: are lapels.  
no HSK
burn
fén
Top: forest 林, bottom: fire 火
In the forest is a fire, that is burning!  
no HSK
continued rain
lín
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: forest 林
When the rain is like a forest, it is: continued rain.  
no HSK
Buddhism, Sanskrit
fàn
Top: forest 林, bottom: usually 凡 [=table 几 with a scratch 丶]
(In nature ethics:) Forests are common in Buddhism.  
no HSK
foot of a hill

鹿
Top: forest 林, bottom: deer 鹿 (orig. pictograph of a deer)
Forests with deer are at the foot of the mountain.  

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