This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: チョウ、とり
Romaji: chō, tori
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: か、と、とっ
Romaji: ka, to, to
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Romaji

Meanings

bird, chicken

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  196
Frequency:  1043
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  3-7-4
Korean Reading:  jo
Chinese Reading:  niao3
Unicode:  9ce5
JIS:  443B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3312
Nelson Index: 5340
New Nelson Index: 6931
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11b0.1
Four Corner Index: 2732.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 174
Gakken Index: 932
Japanese Names Index: 1521
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46634
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0779
Remembering the kanji Index: 1941
Busy People Index: 2.14
Kanji Flashcards Index: 283
Kodansha Compact Index: 1934
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 190
Kanji in Context Index: 486
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2083
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2822
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1960
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2091
Essential Kanji Index: 182
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4105
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 850
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 117
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 210

Words

(とり)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
飛鳥 (ひちょう)
flying bird
鳥居 (とりい)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
小鳥 (ことり)
small bird; songbird; birdie; dickeybird; dickybird
渡り鳥 (わたりどり)
migratory bird; bird of passage
白鳥 (はくちょう、しろとり、しらとり)
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
鳥類 (ちょうるい)
birds
千鳥 (ちどり、チドリ)
plover
鳥獣 (ちょうじゅう)
birds and wild animals; wildlife
花鳥 (かちょう)
flowers and birds
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