栗
栗 — Chestnut
chestnut
On’yomiリツ (ritsu)
On’yomiリ (ri)
Kun’yomiくり (kuri)
Kun’yomiおののく (ononoku)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 栗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栗 | くり kuri | Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) |
Study notes
栗 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1550 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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