Lin is a commonly used Chinese word, pronounced lín, which was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Its original meaning is "trees", and then it is extended to the place where people or things meet and gather, and it is extended to various forms, which means gathering. Shuowen Jiezi is interpreted as a cluster of trees on the flat ground, which is understood by two wooden characters. ?

Shuang Mu is a "forest", Oracle Bone Inscriptions's "forest" is a knowing word, and two "trees" together represent a tree. Mun-song Kim continued the Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph, the same as Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Xiao Zhuan only changed the shape of the branch right and root right of "wood" into a curved pen. However, official script and regular script changed the musical pen into small horizontal and left-handed.

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Lin (Chinese Characters)-Baidu Encyclopedia