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栗

chestnut
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. chestnutRtK
    彼は通りから栗を取り除いた。He cleared the street of chestnuts.tatoeba
    栗は少なくとも15分は茹でなくてはいけない。Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.tatoeba
  1. japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old west · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1735

Compound words

割栗わりぐり
crushed stone
甘栗あまぐり
broiled sweet chestnuts
栗鼠りす
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)
栗毛くりげ
chestnut (horse coat color)
団栗どんぐり
acorn
搗栗かちぐり
dried chestnut
毬栗いがぐり
chestnut in its burr
割り栗わりぐり
crushed stone
割栗石わりぐりいし
crushed stone
団栗眼どんぐりまなこ
goggle-eyes
栃栗毛とちくりげ
dark chestnut (horse coat color)
毬栗頭いがぐりあたま
close-cropped head
割り栗石わりぐりいし
crushed stone
栗鴫象虫くりしぎぞうむし
chestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)
団栗の背比べどんぐりのせいくらべ
having very little difference between one another

Additional Examples

栗は少なくとも15分は茹でなくてはいけない。
Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.tatoeba
栗鼠が激しい風に逆らって進んでいた。
The squirrel advanced against the strong wind.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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