栃
horse chestnut, (kokuji)
Readings
On'yomi
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Kun'yomi
- とち
Meaning
栃 refers specifically to the horse chestnut tree or its nut. It is a kokuji (a kanji created in Japan) and has no extended abstract meanings.
Most common words using 栃
- 栃木とちぎ
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
- 栃の実とちのみ
chestnut
- 栃木県とちぎけん
Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)
- 栃木県立美術館とちぎけんりつびじゅつかん
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
- 栃木県警とちぎけんけい
Tochigi Prefectural Police (abbr)
- 栃栗毛とちくりげ
dark chestnut (horse coat color)
- 栃若とちわか
Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I (dominant 1950s yokozuna)
- 栃若時代とちわかじだい
era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I
- 栃葉人参とちばにんじん
Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)
- 栃餅とちもち
cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice
- 栃麺とちめん
noodles made from regular flour and horse chestnut flour
- 栃麺棒とちめんぼう
rolling pin for making horse chestnut noodles
- 西洋栃の木せいようとちのき
horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum); conker tree
Study
Etymology
栃 is a Japanese kokuji created by combining 木 (tree) with 厉, which likely represents the sound とち or a variant of 櫔 (horse chestnut). The exact origin of the right component is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
A tree 木 with a distinctive right side 厉 that looks like a chestnut burr: imagine a horse chestnut hanging from the branches.
Reading mnemonic
For とち, think of touching a horse chestnut: touch -> とち, and the tree is full of them.