This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: リツ、リ、くり、おののく
Romaji: ritsu, ri, kuri, ononoku
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: くる、りっ
Romaji: kuru, ri
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Meaning

chestnut

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  146
Frequency:  1550
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-6-4
Korean Reading:  ryul
Chinese Reading:  li4
Unicode:  6817
JIS:  372A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2649
Nelson Index: 4275
New Nelson Index: 2662
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a6.32
Four Corner Index: 1090.4
Gakken Index: 1571
Japanese Names Index: 1219
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14695
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0294
Remembering the kanji Index: 1609
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1694
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2303
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1623
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1735
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3280

Words

(くり、クリ)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
どんぐりの背比べ (どんぐりのせいくらべ)
having no outstanding characteristics; to all seem about the same; bragging competition ("pissing contest") concerning matters of little importance; height comparison among acorns
栗鼠 (りす、リス)
squirrel (excluding flying squirrels); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
栗鼠擬 (りすもどき、リスモドキ)
tree shrew
栗石 (くりいし)
cobblestone
栗毛 (くりげ)
chestnut (horse coat color)
勝ち栗 (かちぐり)
dried chestnut
栗鼠猿 (りすざる、リスザル)
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
縞栗鼠 (しまりす、シマリス)
chipmunk (esp. the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus)
焼き栗 (やきぐり)
roasted chestnuts
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