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栗
lì
1. chestnut
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

栗
lì
chestnut tree; chestnuts; surname
10 丶

Compound Words (20)

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

Alternate Entries

栗
lì
afraid / trembling
栗
Lì
surname Li

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

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