Mori signifie forêt en kanji, hiragana et katakana

This word has two main uses.

One is to mean “forest.”

There is a kanji character using the character for “Ki” (木) that means “Hayashi” (林). Both “森” and ‘林’ mean “forest,” but those who realize that the different kanji characters actually mean different things are very astute.
In Japanese, “林” refers to a group of trees planted through afforestation, while “森” refers to a group of trees that have grown naturally, including both coniferous and deciduous trees.

Hello, Mr. Mori. This is an explanation of the origin of the surname Mori, which is shared by your ancestors and friends.

Japan is a country with an extremely high population density, as most of the land is either mountainous or coastal, leaving little flat land for housing.
Since there are many mountains, there were also many forests, and this surname originates from the terrain, with roots in various regions. It is believed that people who lived in areas with many natural forests, untouched by human hands, began to adopt this surname during that era.
It ranks 22nd among Japanese surnames and 19th among Japanese-American surnames.

Classement des noms de famille des Américains d'origine japonaise (Bureau du recensement des États-Unis, enquête de 1990)

Mori ranks 19th in this ranking.

	Nom de famille	Kanji	Supplément
1	Tanaka		4e au Japon
2	Yamamoto		8e au Japon
3	Nakamura	・・・	7e au Japon
4	Watanabe	・・・	6e au Japon
5	Sato		1er au Japon
6	Yamada		12e au Japon
7	Kimura	(écrit verticalement)	17e au Japon
8	Suzuki	(écrit verticalement)	2e au Japon
9	Kato		10e au Japon
10	Yoshida		11e au Japon
11	Takahashi		3e au Japon
12	Higa		1er à Okinawa , au Japon
13	Kobayashi		9e au Japon
14	Nakano	・・・	46e au Japon
15	Hayashi		20e au Japon
16	Hashimoto		24e au Japon
17	Saito	・・・	19e au Japon
18	Sasaki		13e au Japon
19	Mori	・・・	22e au Japon
20	Matsumoto	(écrit verticalement)	15e au Japon