漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
栗: chestnut
JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
覀 and 木 carry the meaning
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
くりkuri · kun'yomi · on its own
- 栗くりJapanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
- 割栗わりぐりcrushed stone; hardcore; macadam
- 甘栗あまぐりbroiled sweet chestnuts
Also read リツ, リ, おののく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read リツ
4 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side栗 chestnut · 木
vs要 need · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lì
Same form: 栗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 栗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 栗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lì most common reading
False friend. In simplified Chinese, 栗 also stands for 慄 (fear), which Japanese writes as a separate kanji.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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