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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: chicken

Kunyomi: にわとり, とり

Onyomi: ケイ

Composition: 奚 鳥

鶏

Radical

Radical: 鳥

Meaning: bird

Reading: とり

Frequency: 750

鳥

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

鶏卵 (ケイラン) hen's egg

養鶏 (ヨウケイ) poultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming

成鶏 (セイケイ) adult chicken, mature fowl

Kunyomi Examples

鶏 (にわとり) chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat

鶏小屋 (にわとりごや) henhouse, chicken coop

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

鶏 (にわとり) chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat

焼き鳥 (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)

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