栗

See also: 慄, 粟, and 凓

Translingual

Han character

栗 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一田木 (MWD), four-corner 1090₄, composition ⿱覀木(GJKV) or ⿱覀𣎳(HT))

Derived characters

• 慄, 傈, 凓, 㗚, 塛, 㟳, 搮, 溧, 瑮, 鷅(𫛽), 篥, 䔁, 麜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 522, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14695
• Dae Jaweon: page 910, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1195, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6817

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Chinese

trad.		栗
simp. #		栗

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 栗
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (栗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
栗	*riɡ
溧	*riɡ
慄	*riɡ
鷅	*riɡ
凓	*riɡ
篥	*riɡ
麜	*riɡ
瑮	*riɡ
塛	*riɡ
搮	*riɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li̍t
• Eastern Min (BUC): lík
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍t / li̍t / le̍k / lek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lag⁸ / liêg⁸ / liag⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵liq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leot⁶
    • Yale: leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /lit̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lík
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lek
    • Tâi-lô: lik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚³²/

Note:

• la̍t - vernacular;
• li̍t/le̍k - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lag⁸ / liêg⁸ / liag⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍k / lie̍k / lia̍k
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lak̚⁴/, /liek̚⁴/, /liak̚⁴/

Note:

• lag8 - vernacular;
• liêg8/liag8 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵liq
    • MiniDict: 'lih^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'liq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lit

Rime
Character	栗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力質切
Baxter	lit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lit̚/
Li Rong	/liĕt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]i[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*riɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	栗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lit ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]i[t]/
English	chestnut tree
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	栗
Reading #	1/1
No.	7969
Phonetic component	栗
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	栗
Old Chinese	/*riɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 栗

1. chestnut tree, chestnuts
2. a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 栗 – see 慄 (“to shiver; to shudder; to tremble; to be scared; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 慄).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

栗

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. chestnut
2. shake, tremble

Readings

• Go-on: りち (richi)
• Kan-on: りつ (ritsu)、り (ri)
• Kun: くり (kuri, 栗)、おののく (ononoku, 栗く)
• Nanori: くる (kuru)、りっ (ri')

Compounds

Compounds

• 栗鼠(リス) (risu, “squirrel”)
• 栗(りっ)東(とう) (Rittō)
• 栗(りつ)林(りん)公(こう)園(えん) (Ritsurin Kōen)
• 芋(う)栗(りつ) (uritsu)
• 股(こ)栗(りつ) (koritsu)
• 戦(せん)栗(りつ) (senritsu)
• 苗(びょう)栗(りつ) (Byōritsu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
栗
くり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

Noun

栗(くり) or 栗(クリ) • (kuri) 

1. the Japanese chestnut, Castanea crenata

   Synonym: マロン (maron)

   Hypernym: 橅 (buna)

2. Short for 栗色 (kuri-iro): chestnut brown

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 栗(くり)色(いろ) (kuri-iro)
• 栗(くり)毛(げ) (kurige)
• 栗(くり)材(ざい) (kurizai)
• 栗(くり)鼠(ねずみ) (kurinezumi)
• 栗(くり)林(ばやし) (Kuribayashi)
• 栗(くり)原(はら) (Kurihara)
• クリボー (Kuribō, “Goomba”)
• 栗(くり)飯(めし) (kurimeshi)
• 栗(くり)山(やま) (Kuriyama)
• 甘(あま)栗(ぐり) (amaguri)
• 毬(いが)栗(ぐり) (igaguri)
• 搗(か)ち栗(ぐり), 勝(か)ち栗(ぐり) (kachiguri)
• 支(シ)那(ナ)栗(グリ) (Shina-guri)
• 丹(たん)波(ば)栗(ぐり) (Tanba-guri)
• 団(ドン)栗(グリ) (donguri)
• 生(なま)栗(ぐり) (namaguri)
• 実(み)無(な)し栗(ぐり), 虚(みなし)栗(ぐり) (minashiguri)

Coordinate terms

• 五(ご)果(か), 五(ご)菓(か) (goka, “five fruits”): 桃(もも) (momo, “peach”), 李(すもも) (sumomo, “Japanese plum”), 杏(あんず) (anzu, “apricot”), 棗(なつめ) (natsume, “jujube”), 栗(くり) (kuri, “Japanese chestnut”)

See also

• 橡(トチノキ), 栃(トチノキ) (tochinoki, “Japanese horse chestnut”)

Proper noun

栗(くり) • (Kuri) 

1. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

栗 • (ryul, yul) (hangeul 률, 율, revised ryul, yul, McCune–Reischauer ryul, yul, Yale lyul, yul)

1. (밤): chestnut (fruit, tree)
   • 1431: 鄕藥採取月令 十二月 (향약채취월령 십이월, hyang-yag-chaechwi-wolryeong sib-iwol):

     芰實鄕名末栗 (기실향명말밤, gisil-hyangmyeong-malbam, "The folk name of the water caltrop fruit is coarse chestnut.")

2. (떨다): shivering, shuddering, trembling

Compounds

• 末栗 (malbam) water caltrop, (also implausibly) water chestnut

• 戰栗 (jeon-yul) shivering, trembling

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 栗 (lật)

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