林木

Chinese

		woods; forest	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (林木)		林	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ muk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîm-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línmù
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-mu⁴
    • Yale: lín-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linmuh
    • Palladius: линьму (linʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: làhm muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limbok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lim muwk

Rime
Character	林	木
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力尋切	莫卜切
Baxter	lim	muwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪm/	/muk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lim/	/muk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljem/	/muk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lim/	/məwk̚/
Li Rong	/liəm/	/muk̚/
Wang Li	/lĭĕm/	/muk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯əm/	/muk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lín	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lam4	muk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]əm  C.mˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rɯm  moːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	林	木
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lín	mù
Middle Chinese	‹ lim ›	‹ muwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]əm/	/*C.mˁok/
English	forest	tree, wood
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	林	木
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8165	9327
Phonetic component	林	木
Rime group	侵	屋
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	林	木
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rɯm/	/*moːɡ/

Noun

林木

1. (literary) forest tree
2. (Classical) forest

Japanese

Kanji in this term
林	木
りん Grade: 1	ぼく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

林(りん)木(ぼく) • (rinboku) 

1. forest tree