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杏林

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 杏林.

Dictionary

Entry

杏林ょうりんNounFreq #232547
1

apricot grove

2

Poetical term; From the story of Dong Feng, a Chinese doctor who made patients plant apricot trees in lieu of payment

doctor

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

apricot

7 strokesFrequency 2,159JLPT N1Grade 9

On

キョウアンコウ

Kun

あんず

Nanori

りょう

grove, forest

8 strokesFrequency 656JLPT N3Grade 1

On

リン

Kun

はやし

Nanori

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