sēn

(bound form) densely wooded

Mori (Japanese surname); (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding

tree (木) + tree (木) + tree (木) = dense, forbidding forest

Three trees together evoke a thick, shadowy forest where the density itself creates an atmosphere of gloom or awe. The tripling of 木 is purely semantic — more trees, more forest.

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TreeSemantic

走进林里,感觉很凉快。

zǒu jìn sēn lín lǐ, gǎn jué hěn liáng kuai.

Walking into the forest, it feels very cool.

那座老房子看起来阴森的,让人害怕。

nà zuò lǎo fáng zi kàn qǐ lái yīn sēn sēn de, ràng rén hài pà.

That old house looks gloomy and forbidding, making people feel afraid.

Words with 森

钱学森

qián xué sēn

Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer

阿松森岛

ā sōng sēn dǎo

Ascension Island

阿森

ā sēn

Assen, city in the Netherlands

阿森松岛

ā sēn sōng dǎo

Ascension Island

阿森纳

ā sēn nà

Arsenal Football Club

阿狄森氏病

ā dí sēn shì bìng

Addison's disease

阴森

yīn sēn

gloomy

青森

qīng sēn

Aomori prefecture at the far north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]

青森县

qīng sēn xiàn

Aomori prefecture at the far north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]

黑森林

hēi sēn lín

Black Forest

黑森林蛋糕

hēi sēn lín dàn gāo

Black Forest cake

黑森森

hēi sēn sēn

dark and forbidding

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