栗 — Chinese character
栗
lì
chestnut tree; chestnuts; surname
- Pinyin
- lì
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 覀 木
- Formation
- ideographic — A tree 木 bearing nuts 覀; compare 果
- Traditional
- 慄
- Japanese
- 栗 as a kanji
Common words with 栗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栗子 | lì zi | chestnut |
| 不寒而栗 (不寒而慄) | bù hán ér lì | lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom); fig. to tremble with fear |
| 板栗 | bǎn lì | Chinese chestnut |
| 颤栗 (顫慄) | zhàn lì | variant of 战栗 (zhàn lì) |
| 战栗 (戰慄) | zhàn lì | to tremble; shudder |
| 栗色 | lì sè | maroon (color) |
| 花栗鼠 | huā lì shǔ | chipmunk (genus Tamias) |
| 醋栗 | cù lì | gooseberry |
| 栗鼠 | lì shǔ | chinchilla; chipmunk |
| 火中取栗 | huǒ zhōng qǔ lì | lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom); fig. to be sb's cat's-paw |
| 股栗 (股慄) | gǔ lì | (literary) to tremble with fear |
| 悸栗 (悸慄) | jì lì | to tremble with fear |
English words written with 栗
栗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 7
- Analects 3.21
- Mencius 5A.4
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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