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

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)⁺
  - 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/

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

(literary) forest tree
(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)

forest tree