U+6797 "林" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
林
U+6797 "林" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a common Chinese character that means "forest" or "grove," and it is composed of two overlapping tree characters "木" to symbolize a dense collection of trees. This ideograph is used in multiple East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it often appears in personal names, place names, and words related to nature. In Chinese, it is pronounced "lín" and is frequently found in compounds like "森林" (sēnlín) meaning "forest" or "树林" (shùlín) meaning "woods." The character's structure reflects its pictographic origin, representing the concept of many trees growing together.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6797 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 林 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 林 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9E 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6797 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006797 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6797 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AA4C |
| kCCCII | 214424 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4E2F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4E2F |
| kCangjie | DD |
| kCantonese | lam4 |
| kCihaiT | 681.602 |
| kCowles | 2226 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0903.190 |
| kDefinition | forest, grove; surname |
| kEACC | 214424 |
| kFanqie | 力尋 |
| kFenn | 492C |
| kFennIndex | 309.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4499.0 |
| kGB0 | 3354 |
| kGB1 | 3354 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0655a |
| kHangul | 림:0E 임:0 |
| kHanYu | 21164.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | lín(341) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21164.070:lín |
| kHKGlyph | 1863 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0903.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21164.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0516.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4156 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AA4C |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4E53 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D9EF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5779 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4E2F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-594B |
| kJapanese | リン はやし |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1018 |
| kJapaneseKun | HAYASHI |
| kJapaneseOn | RIN |
| kJis0 | 4651 |
| kKangXi | 0516.050 |
| kKorean | LIM |
| kLau | 1803 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2651 |
| kMandarin | lín |
| kMatthews | 4022 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1481 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013700 |
| kMorohashi | 14551 |
| kNelson | 2210 |
| kPhonetic | 776 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3995+75.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.4 |
| kSBGY | 217.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 307.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | lín粵lam4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2651 |
| kTang | *lim |
| kTGHZ2013 | 224.180:lín |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | lâm |
| kVietnameseNumeric | 100 |
| kXerox | 242:271 |
| kXHC1983 | 0716.020:lín |