栗

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(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear

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Strokes: 10
Radical: 木 +6
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 慄
Common rank: #1,214
Unicode: U+6817

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Formation & memory

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How 栗 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A tree 木 bearing nuts 覀; compare 果

Components 覀木

How to remember it

chestnut · Heisig RSH #2613

Old West + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 栗

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
上栗县	Shàng lì Xiàn	Shangli, a county in Pingxiang City 萍鄉市\|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
火中取栗	huǒ zhōng qǔ lì	lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom); fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
栗头地莺	lì tóu dì yīng	(bird species of China) chestnut-headed tesia (Cettia castaneocoronata)
西南栗耳凤鹛	xī nán lì ěr fèng méi	(bird species of China) striated yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)
栗头雀鹛	lì tóu què méi	(bird species of China) rufous-winged fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps)
栗腹文鸟	lì fù wén niǎo	(bird species of China) tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
黄嘴栗啄木鸟	huáng zuǐ lì zhuó mù niǎo	(bird species of China) bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)
不寒而栗	bù hán ér lì	lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom); fig. to tremble with fear; to be terrified
栗子	lì zi	chestnut
栗头八色鸫	lì tóu bā sè dōng	(bird species of China) rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi)
水栗	shuǐ lì	see 荸薺\|荸荠[bi2 qi2]
栗背伯劳	lì bèi bó láo	(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)
上栗	Shàng lì	see 上栗縣\|上栗县[Shang4 li4 Xian4]
栗背奇鹛	lì bèi qí méi	(bird species of China) rufous-backed sibia (Leioptila annectens)
栗色	lì sè	maroon (color)
栗然	lì rán	(literary) shivering; shuddering
战栗	zhàn lì	to tremble; shudder
战战栗栗	zhàn zhàn lì lì	to tremble with fear
花栗鼠	huā lì shǔ	chipmunk (genus Tamias)
栗头蜂虎	lì tóu fēng hǔ	(bird species of China) chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)

Sound family

These characters use 栗 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
栗 sound part	lì	chestnut tree; chestnuts; surname
傈	lì	the Lisu tribe
篥	lì	bugle, Tartar horn