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Kanji Detail for 栃 - "horse chestnut, tree"

栃

  • Meaning

    栃 means "horse chestnut, tree."

    1. Horse chestnut - A deciduous tree of the buckeye family.

    2. Tochigi - Used in place names.

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    • Verified meaning: horse chestnut, tree
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とち, とちさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 栃

    Surnames 栃(とち)Listen 栃(とちさき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    horse chestnut; (kokuji)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    type of oak; stable

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak; type of tree in ancient books; stable (for horses)

  • Onyomi

    tip
    none

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tochi(とち) とち

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    horse chestnut tree deciduous forest fruit leaf nature park shade timber wood autumn buckeye

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