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栗 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 栗 意味

chestnut

栗 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

くり kuri
おののく ononoku

KUNYOMI 訓読み

リツ ritsu
リ ri

Examples

栗は少なくとも15分は茹でなくてはいけない。Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.
彼は通りから栗を取り除いた。He cleared the street of chestnuts.

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