Amazing Chinese Characters (204) Chestnut - 栗

The shell bone script of character Chestnut is

 or

the top are three chestnuts, the bottom is the chestnut tree.

It is similar to character Fruit (see Post 31)

The big seal script of the character is

The small seal script of the character is

which has only one chestnut on the tree.

The clerical script of the character is

The curves became straight lines.

The song typeface for the character is

栗

very similar to its clerical script.

Its pinyin is Li4.

People normally say 栗子, in which 子 just a particle.