Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

1043 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: bird, chicken

Kunyomi: とり

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: とり

Meaning: bird

Strokes: 11

Examples

Examples with audio

類(ちょうるい)   birds, avian

(やちょう)   wild bird

(はくちょう)   swan

(えきちょう)   beneficial bird

一石二(いっせきにちょう)   killing two birds with one stone

七面(しちめんちょう)   turkey

(とり)   bird, fowl, poultry

居(とりい)   torii, gateway to a Shinto shrine

肉(とりにく)   chicken meat

渡り(わたりどり)   migratory bird, bird of passage

Onyomi Examples

鶏肉 トリニク chicken meat, fowl, poultry, bird meat

チョウジュウ birds and wild animals, wildlife

ウミドリ sea bird

アイチョウ pet bird

Kunyomi Examples

とり bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry

とりい torii, Shinto shrine archway

焼き やきとり yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer, grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow), failing to win a single hand during a half-game

花鶏 あとり brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)