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栗: chestnut

chestnut
10 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 5 words here

Readings

On
リツ・リ
Kun
くり・おののく

Read くり in nearly every word; 栗鼠 (squirrel) is read りす and is usually written in katakana.

Key words

栗くりchestnut
栗色くりいろchestnut brown
甘栗あまぐりroasted sweet chestnuts
栗鼠りすsquirrel

Example sentences

In autumn, my grandmother picks chestnuts from the garden and boils them for us.

A good smell drifted over from the roasted chestnut shop in front of the station.

A squirrel was gnawing an acorn up in a tree in the park.

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