Zi:林
林 [lín] (森林 sēnlín) forest; (姓); 桂林 Guìlín; (HDZ:) 成片的竹/木 …; (姓)
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹lín* 林 {E} b.f. ①forest; woods; grove ►shùlín 树林 ②forestry ►¹línyè 林业 ③circle; group ④collection of literary works ⑤many; numerous; a great body of ►¹línlì 林立 ◆n. Surname
The Shuōwén Seal form of 林 lín ‘forest/grove (on flat ground)’ doubles 木 mù ‘tree’ (wood/woods); two (or more) trees, side-by-side.
Note: (诗) (桑柔) 瞻彼中林、甡甡其鹿 “Look into the middle of that forest, At the herds of deer roaming together.” (Legge)
Compare: 森 sēn ‘dense valley/hill/mountain forest’ (森林 sēnlín ‘forest’).
Note: As one commentary explains, although SW says the Seal form has two trees, it does not say it has only two trees (two trees do not a forest make); rather, the two trees represent many trees of a given kind standing one after another, side by side, with overlapping branches, forming a continuous natural stand of trees or bamboo, or a planted grove (王筠: 取木与木连属不绝之意).
Note: In GFC the first definition of 林 lín is “连成一片的树木或竹子 (植树造林, 竹林, 森林)”; in that definition, 片 piàn (m.w.) ‘stretches of land/scenery’ (trees/bamboo standing together to form a grove).
Compare: 棼 fén ‘(tower/mansion with) sharp/high ridge/roof beams/peak’; 辳(曟).
Compare: 焚 fén ‘burn/clear a forest/field’; 彬 bīn ‘beautiful form and real substance’.
HDZ: 林 : lín : (SW: 平土有叢木) 成片的竹/木 (平林, 森林, 竹林, 防风林); 林业; 人或事物的会聚, 汇集处 (艺林); 野外; 众盛貌; 君; (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:217.14; Lǐ(1992):197; Karlgren:AD555,GSR655a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1164.7; Lindqvist:238,349; Mathews:4022; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:516.05; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:072.1.07; EDOC:1
►components: 木木
►Cantonese: lahm\
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