Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: chestnut

Kunyomi: くり おののく

Onyomi: リツ

Composition: 西

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

戦々慄々 センセンリツリツ trembling with fear, filled with trepidation

リス squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

リス亜目 リスアモク Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)

カタクリ dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)

ミクリ branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed

Kunyomi Examples

くり Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

くりいし cobblestone

かたくり dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)

みくり branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed