Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 花林, 花凛, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. HAH-NAH-ṘEEN [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" combined with 林 (rin) meaning "woods; grove; forest; copse" or 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other combinations of kanji are possible.