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林lín奈nài
  1. Carl Linnaeus; Carl Linné

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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林
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

surname Lin, Japanese surname Hayashi

Pinyin
Lín
Strokes
8
Frequency
4039 of 2500
Words starting with 林Words ending in 林Anywhere in a word
奈
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary), used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

Pinyin
nài
Strokes
8
Frequency
10859 of 2500
Words starting with 奈Words ending in 奈Anywhere in a word