森 – forest, woods

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The kanji 森 means forest, woods. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is もり (mori). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	もり	mori

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 木.

Words using 森

森もりforest森林しんりんforest

Example sentences

野獣は森に住んでいる。

Wild animals live in the forest.

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その国は森林でおおわれている。

The land is clothed with woods.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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