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Kanji for Chestnut
The kanji for “chestnut” is 栗, read ritsu and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
栗
chestnut
The chestnut; a sweet harvest of autumn.
Chestnuts were a vital staple food in Japan as far back as the prehistoric Jōmon period.
10 strokes On reading リツ、リ (ritsu, ri) Kun reading くり、おののく (kuri, ononoku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: chestnut
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kuri, ritsu
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