さん
ちょう

noun

  1. Food term.chicken, goose and pheasant.
  2. cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail. Archaism. Orig. meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
さん
ちょう
三鳥 さんちょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

three
サン み みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
bird, chicken
とり チョウ とっ (2nd, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ