栃

Kanji

栃

Level

N1

Meaning

horse chestnut tree

Kun'yomi

とち

Strokes

9

Common compounds

栃木県 (とちぎけん) Tochigi Prefecture 栃の木 (とちのき) horse chestnut tree

Memory hook

This is another kokuji. The 'tree' radical (木) on the left, and 'stop' or 'chestnut' (厉, which is similar to 戻) on the right. It represents a specific tree, the horse chestnut.

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