19 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

chicken

Kun'yomi
  • chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) ②chicken meat
  • chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) ②chicken meat
On'yomi
  • ケイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

にわとり 72.0%
ケイ 16.7%
とり 11.3%

Character Breakdown

chicken
にわとり ケイ とり (8th, N1)
servant, what, why
ケイ なんぞ (Kentei 1)
paw radical
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Common Words

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) ②chicken meat
chicken meat ②fowl
weather vane ②fence-sitter
poultry house
Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
poultry raising
crowing of a cock ②cockcrow ③hour of the Ox (around 2am)
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References

Unicode hex code 9D8F
JIS X 0208 1-23-60
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5359
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6980
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1768
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2221
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1158
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1577
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1947
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2097
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1669
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2821
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1548
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 47074P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1206
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 926
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 949
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1922
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1928
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1863
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1936
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1966
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11b8.4
Four corner code 2752.7
De Roo Code 2050