栗 — kanji meaning “chestnut”
栗
chestnut
- Meanings
- chestnut
- On'yomi
- リツ (ritsu)、リ (ri)
- Kun'yomi
- くり、おののく
- Name readings
- くる、りっ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1550 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- lì — Chinese character page
Words with 栗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 片栗粉 | かたくりこ katakuriko | potato starch |
| 甘栗 | あまぐり amaguri | broiled sweet chestnuts |
| 栗毛 | くりげ kurige | chestnut (horse coat color) |
| 団栗 | どんぐり donguri | acorn |
| 栗色 | くりいろ kuriiro | chestnut-color; chestnut-colour |
| 栗鼠 | りす risu | squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae) |
| 膝栗毛 | ひざくりげ hizakurige | travelling on foot; journeying on foot; hiking |
| 片栗 | かたくり katakuri | dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum) |
| 実栗 | みくり mikuri | branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum); simplestem bur-reed |
| 割栗 | わりぐり wariguri | crushed stone; hardcore; macadam |
| 割栗石 | わりぐりいし wariguriishi | crushed stone; hardcore; macadam |
| 栗石 | くりいし kuriishi | construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter) |
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