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森

Forest
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingシン
Kun readingもり

Meanings

  1. forestRtK
  2. woods
    彼は全くひとりで森にとり残された。He was left all alone in the woods.tatoeba
    彼は森を通り抜けた。He passed through the woods.tatoeba
  1. shrine grove

Synonyms

鎮守の杜

Homonyms

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Same reading (もり)
守り · babysitting

Popular Usage

森林

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 209

Compound words

彼女は森の中で右も左も分からなくなった。もり
She lost her way in the forest.tatoeba
彼は歩いて森を通り抜けた。
He walked through the forest.tatoeba
彼は森へ狩りに行った。
He went hunting in the woods.tatoeba
高野山寺領森林組合
Forestry Cooperative of temple estate in Koyasanwiki
新旭森林スポーツ公園
The Shinasahi Forest Sports Parkwiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Forest. Three 木 (trees) — many trees, a dense forest.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 森

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