栃 · horse chestnut, (kokuji)

JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

means horse chestnut, (kokuji). It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 9 strokes, read . It contains (tree, wood), and at least one further part our source data does not name.

Meaning
horse chestnut, (kokuji)
Readings
Romaji
tochi
Level
JLPT N4

筆順 · Stroke order

栃 is written in 9 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

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解字 · What it is made of

栃 breaks into 1 part.

Built from the same parts

These use 木 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

Practise 栃

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