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鶏

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • chicken

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • にわとり
  • とり
Strokes
19
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1872
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
鳥#196 · bird

Components

Common Words

  • 鶏肉とりにくNounchicken meat
  • 鶏卵けいらんNounhen's egg
  • 養鶏ようけいNounpoultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming
  • 鶏舎けいしゃNounpoultry house
  • 鶏頭けいとうNounsilver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)
  • 鶏鳴けいめいNouncrowing of a cock, crowing of a rooster
  • 鶏冠とさかNouncockscomb, comb, crest
  • 鶏口けいこうNounmouth of a chicken

Practice in Kanjiru

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