10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

chestnut

Kun'yomi
  • Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
  • おののく
On'yomi
  • リツ
Nanori
  • くる
  • りっ

Main Radical

(KanXi) 西(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

くり 93.0%
リツ 7.0%

Character Breakdown

chestnut
くり リツ リ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
variant of radical 146
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

broiled sweet chestnuts
potato starch ②starch of dogtooth violet
roasted chestnuts
chestnut-color
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
chestnut (horse coat color)
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit
traveling on foot
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References

Unicode hex code 6817
JIS X 0208 1-23-10
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4275
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2662
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2649
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3280
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1694
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2303
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1609
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1735
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1571
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1219
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14695
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2111
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1623
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a6.32
Four corner code 1090.4