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栗

栗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 果樹の一つ。葉は長楕円形、初夏穂状の花をつけ針のある殻に包まれた褐色の実を結ぶ。
  2. おそれる。
  3. 謹む。
  4. 堅い。
  5. いかめしい。きびしい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。いがのある実がなっている木の形を象る。「くり」を意味する漢語｛栗｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

chestnut

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リツ
  • リ
Kun (native)
  • くり
  • おののく
Nanori (used in names)
  • くる
  • りっ
Other languages
  • 拼音li4
  • 한글ryul
  • Hán-ViệtLật

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6817

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱覀木

Words using this kanji

  • 栗くり（くり）ブナ科クリ属の植物。またその果実。落葉高木。Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
  • 栗鼠りす（くりねずみ）栗鼠色の略。また同色の馬の毛色の名。squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
  • 栗毛くりげchestnut (horse coat color)
  • 栗石くりいしconstruction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter), chestnut-sized pebble
  • 栗色くりいろ「くりいろ」の漢字表記。chestnut-color, chestnut-colour
  • 栗梅くりうめdeep brown color
  • 栗飯くりめしchestnut rice, rice boiled with chestnuts
  • 栗茸クリタケbrick cap (Hypholoma lateritium), chestnut mushroom
  • 栗鼠擬りすもどきtree shrew
  • 栗鼠猿りすざるsquirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
  • 栗ご飯くりごはんchestnut rice, rice boiled with chestnuts
  • 栗皮茶くりかわちゃchestnut brown
  • 栗あんくりあんchestnut white bean paste, chestnut red bean paste
  • 栗焼酎くりしょうちゅうchestnut shōchū
  • 栗鴫象虫くりしぎぞうむしchestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)
  • 栗色小鴨くりいろこがもAuckland teal (Anas aucklandica), Auckland Islands teal
  • 栗きんとんくりきんとんmashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
  • 栗ぜんざいくりぜんざいsweet made with soft beans (e.g. adzuki) and chestnuts
  • 栗ようかんくりようかんchestnut yōkan
  • 栗まんじゅうくりまんじゅうchestnut manjū (filled with a paste of red bean and chestnut)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-4
Four Corner
1090.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a6.32
Heisig
1735
Nelson
4275