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Kanji Detail for 栗 - "chestnut"

栗

  • Meaning

    栗 means "chestnut." Also associated with tremble.

    1. Chestnut - A nut-bearing deciduous tree.

    2. Tremble - To shiver with fear or cold.

  • Origin of 栗

    A pictograph: a tree with its burr-covered fruits hanging in the branches — the spiked husks drawn as the crown. The chestnut, autumn's armoured harvest.

    How to remember it: A tree wearing spiked helmets — chestnuts in their burrs, ready to drop.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 栗

    • Verified meaning: chestnut
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くり, くりさき, くりざき, たかくり)
    • Also carries these associations: tremble

    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 栗

    Given names 栗(くり)Listen 栗(まろん)Listen

    Surnames 栗(くりさき)Listen 栗(くりざき)Listen 栗(たかくり)Listen 栗(たかくわ)Listen 栗(りち)Listen 栗(りつ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    chestnut

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    chestnut tree, chestnuts; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    chestnut tree; chestnuts; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A tree name. Four to five zhang tall. Arrow-shaped leaves. Fruit has a burr covered in thorns like hedgehog spines. Each burr may contain one, two, three, or four nuts. Kernels are pale yellow, edible. The wood is solid and compact, usable for implements or firewood and charcoal. A variety with small single-kernel nuts is the original chestnut species, anciently called 芧栗, corrupted to 茅栗, colloquially called 橡栗 because it resembles acorns. | Reverent. Fearful. From "Analerta": "Making the people tremble with awe." | Solid. Chestnut wood is extremely hard. Hence solid and dense things are called 縝栗.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ri(リ) リ

    ritsu(リツ) リツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuri(くり) くり

    onono.ku(おのの-く) おのの-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    chestnut tremble severe autumn brown tree edible roasted harvest shell spiky sweet forest shiver fear woodland deciduous

Sentences including 栗

  • Let's roast the chestnuts.

  • I like roasted chestnuts.

  • The chestnut horse is fast.

  • Ouch! A chestnut fell on my head.

  • He cleared the street of chestnuts.

  • A squirrel is taking a bath in the pond.

  • It's a hassle to take the husks off of chestnuts.

  • The squirrel advanced against the strong wind.

  • Anna has chestnut brown hair, but Magdalena has blonde hair.

  • Mom, I want some chestnut rice. Can you make some?

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