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慄: fear

N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 栗 is drawn in

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リツritsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 戦慄せんりつshudder; shiver; trembling with fear
  • 慄然りつぜんterrified; horrified; trembling with fear
  • 震慄しんりつtremble; shudder; quiver

Also read ふるえる, おそれる, おののく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Also read リツ

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In ChineseSimplified 栗 · traditional, as in Japanese · lì

Japan keeps the traditional form 慄; mainland China simplifies it to 栗.

Simplified
栗 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
慄 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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