JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 栗: "chestnut"
The kanji 栗 means "chestnut". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read リツ, リ in on'yomi and くり, おののく in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リツリ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くりおののく
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | chestnut |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1550 of 2,501 |
Common words with 栗
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 栗Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
- 栗色chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
- 栗毛chestnut (horse coat color)
- 栗鼠squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae) · Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
- 団栗acorn
- 片栗粉potato starch · starch of dogtooth violet
- 火中の栗を拾うto take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire
- 栗きんとんmashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
- 甘栗broiled sweet chestnuts
- 焼き栗roasted chestnuts
- 膝栗毛travelling on foot; journeying on foot; hiking; riding on shank's pony
- 栗ご飯chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
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