林 Explained

林 is an East Asian character for a word or morpheme that means forest or woods.

It may refer to:

• Hayashi, a common Japanese surname
• Im (Korean name) or Lim, a common Korean surname
• Lin (surname), the pinyin transliteration of a common Chinese surname
• Lam, Lem, Lim, and Lum (surname) a common Chinese surname in China, Southeast Asia, and among overseas Chinese