栗

慄
lì
#2,590 most
frequent character
(literary) cold, chilly

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

栗 shows chestnuts 覀 on a tree 木, so it first meant chestnut. The sense to tremble was borrowed for sound, not from the picture. From trembling came to be afraid.

Drawn as: chestnuts on tree

栗 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
傈篥

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