Definitions
(noun)
chestnut
(verb)
tremble; shiver
Etymology
Depicts a tree (木) with chestnuts.
About
The character 栗, meaning chestnut, has a consistent history as a pictophonetic compound. Its traditional form, identical to its modern standard form, is structurally composed of the semantic component 木 (tree) indicating its botanical origin, combined with the component 㬎, which historically served a phonetic function. Over time, the top part was graphically simplified and is now commonly analyzed as 西, though this is a later formal resemblance rather than an etymological one. The character’s primary meaning has always referred to the chestnut tree, with its application extending directly to denote the tree’s edible nut, which became its most common referent.
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我喜欢吃糖炒栗子。
栗子树生长在山上。
冬天喝栗子汤很暖和。
他因寒冷而战栗。
栗色的马在草地上奔跑。
栗子富含淀粉和蛋白质。
听到这个消息，她不禁战栗起来。
在黑暗中，他感到一阵战栗。