I. How to write the character "林" in oracle bone script, jinwen and other scripts

Lin (林), oracle bone script = (木, 樹) + (木, 樹) indicates a large number of trees in rows and patches. Jinwen (金文) and Seal Script (篆文) inherited the oracle bone script glyphs. Clerical script writes wood in the shape of tree in seal script. The Regular Script follows the Clerical Script glyphs.

"Wood" is a pictogram, and the oracle bone character looks like a tree, with the upper part being the branches and the lower part being the roots;

"Ben" is an accusative character, and the jinwen character is a three-pointed accusative symbol at the root of the tree, indicating the nutritive organs of the tree in the ground;

The character "末" (end) is a character that refers to the matter, and in Jinwen, one point is added to the top of the tree to indicate the end;?

"Wei" is a hieroglyphic character, and the oracle bone script resembles a tree with heavy branches, indicating lush foliage;

"Guo" is a hieroglyphic character, and the oracle bone script resembles a tree full of bulbous seeds; "Zhu" is a character that refers to things, and the gold script adds a little finger symbol at the tip of the tree, indicating the end of the tail;? The oracle bone character "朱" (Zhu) is an accusative character; the oracle bone character adds a little accusative symbol to the main pole to indicate the trunk of a tree;

"林" (Lin) is an accusative character; the oracle bone character looks like a tree connected to a tree;

"森" (Sen) is an accusative character; the oracle bone character is a little more than "林" (Lin); the oracle bone character is more than "林" (Lin). The oracle bone character is more than "林", which means "森" is "big forest".

The original meaning of the character

Noun, a clump of trees.

The literal version of the Shuowen Jiezi: Lin, flat earth with clumps of trees said forest. From two trees. All the genus of the forest is from Lin.

The vernacular version of Shuowen Jiezi (说文解字): 林 (Lin) is the name given to trees growing in clumps on flat ground. The character form is based on two "wood" characters. All characters related to forests use "林" as a radical.

Expanded Information

Grouping Words for "林"

一、树林 [ shù lín ]

There are many trees that grow in patches, smaller than a forest.

II. Guilin [ guì lín ]

The name of the city. Located in the northeastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the city is near the Li River and the Xianggui Railway passes through it. It has a population of 450,000 (1997). The city has a beautiful landscape, and has been known as "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world".

Three, Hanlin [ hàn lín ]

The Tang Dynasty for the court to write documents of the official. Tang Xuanzong set Hanlin scholar, became the emperor's important secretary, once for the inner minister. The Ming and Qing dynasties set up the Hanlin Academy, in charge of repairing the history of the country, record the emperor's residence, drafting the system of enjoining. Its chief minister to ministers, called the "palm of the Academy of Sciences".

Four, Xinglin expert [ xìng lín gāo shǒu ]

The term refers to a person with high medical skills.

V. 木秀于林 [ mù xiù yú lín ]

Metaphorically, it refers to a person of outstanding talent or character.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Lin (Chinese character)