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栗
Lì
1. surname Li
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 10 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

栗
lì
chestnut tree; chestnuts; surname
10 丶

Compound Words (20)

上栗
Shànglì
Shangli county in Pingxiang [[萍鄉|萍乡]], Jiangxi
悸栗
jìlì
to tremble with fear
栗然
lìrán
(literary) shivering
战栗
zhànlì
to tremble
板栗
bǎnlì
Chinese chestnut
栗子
lìzi
chestnut
栗色
lìsè
maroon (color)
栗鸢
lìyuān
(Chinese bird species) Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
栗鳽
lìyán
(Chinese bird species) Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
栗鸮
lìxiāo
(Chinese bird species) oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius)
栗鹀
lìwú
(Chinese bird species) chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila)
栗鼠
lìshǔ
chinchilla
榛栗
zhēnlì
hazelnut
水栗
shuǐlì
see [[荸薺|荸荠<bíqí>]]
股栗
gǔlì
to shake like an aspen
苗栗
Miáolì
Miaoli city and county in northwest Taiwan
觱栗
bìlì
ancient bamboo reed instrument
醋栗
cùlì
gooseberry
震栗
zhènlì
trembling
颤栗
zhànlì
variant of [[戰慄|战栗<zhànlì>]]

Alternate Entries

栗
lì
afraid / trembling
栗
lì
chestnut

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,594
Word Frequency Rank
6,079 of 84,292

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