12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N2

forest, woods

Kun'yomi
  • forest ②shrine grove
On'yomi
  • シン
Nanori
  • もと

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

もり 92.6%
シン 7.4%

Character Breakdown

forest, woods
もり シン もと (1st, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
grove, forest
リン はやし し (1st, N2)

Common Words

forest ②shrine grove
deep in the forest
Aomori (city, prefecture)
fashion style for young women invoking a soft, forest-like feeling
Aomori Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2-7)
Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
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References

Unicode hex code 68EE
JIS X 0208 1-31-25
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2301
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2749
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2475
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3123
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1602
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2184
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 197
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 209
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 532
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1735
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 152
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14974
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 38
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 128
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 128
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 41
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 198
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 65
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 80
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 460
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1063
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 201
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a8.39
Four corner code 4099.4
De Roo Code 1864