7 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

west, bird, sign of the bird, 5-7PM, tenth sign of Chinese zodiac, sake radical (no. 164)

Kun'yomi
  • the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac) ②hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm) ③west ④eight month of the lunar calendar
On'yomi
  • ユウ
Nanori
  • なが
  • みのる

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

とり 100.0%

Character Breakdown

west, bird, sign of the bird
とり ユウ なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac) ②hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm) ③west ④eight month of the lunar calendar
tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
first day of the cock in the eleventh month
day of the Rooster
hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm)
year of the Rooster
Fire Rooster (34th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)
kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164)
kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164)
Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)
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References

Unicode hex code 9149
JIS X 0208 1-38-51
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4775
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6157
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3544
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4358
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2207
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2969
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1427
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1534
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 2053
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 526
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1989
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 39763
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2254
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1439
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7e0.1
Four corner code 1060.0