• 栃木県とちぎけん — Tochigi Prefecture
• 栃とちの木き — horse chestnut tree
• 栃麺棒とちめんぼう — Tochigi-style rolling pin
• 栃葉人とちばにんじん — local variety of ginseng (Tochiba)

This character is rarely used outside of proper nouns such as 栃木とちぎ. It represents a species of deciduous tree in the horse chestnut family. Its reading “トチ” is mostly used in names or local references.

彼かれは 栃木県とちぎけんの出身しゅっしんです。
He is from Tochigi Prefecture.

庭にわに 栃とちの木きがあります。
There is a horse chestnut tree in the garden.

🎧 “トチ” is the most common on-yomi for 栃. It is rarely used outside of names and geographical references, so you’ll mainly encounter it in place names like 栃木 (Tochigi).