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慄 = 忄 + 栗

慄 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shudder”. It is built from 忄 (heart) and 栗 (chestnut). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1736.

Keyword
shudder
RTK frame
1736
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふる.える, おそ.れる, おのの.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
fear, дрожь
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
慄 shiver

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 忄 heart
  2. 栗 chestnut

How to find 慄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “chestnut”. 慄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 慄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.