JLPT N1 · 19 strokes
Kanji 鶏: "chicken"
The kanji 鶏 means "chicken". It is written with 19 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ケイ in on'yomi and にわとり, とり in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
にわとりとり
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | chicken |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 19 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1901 of 2,501 |
Common words with 鶏
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 鶏chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken · chicken meat
- 鶏肉chicken meat · fowl; poultry; bird meat
- 黄鶏chicken meat · reddish-brown chicken
- 風見鶏weather vane · fence-sitter; opportunist
- 鶏小屋henhouse; chicken coop
- 雄鶏male bird · cock; rooster
- 鶏卵hen's egg
- 鶏冠cockscomb; comb; crest
- 養鶏poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming
- 軍鶏game fowl; gamecock
- 養鶏場poultry farm; chicken farm
- 水鶏rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
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