鶏
Readings
Kana:
ケイ、にわとり、とり
Romaji:
kei, niwatori, tori
Meaning
chicken
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
19
Radical Number:
196
Frequency:
1901
Grade:
8
Skip Pattern:
1-8-11
Korean Reading:
gye
Chinese Reading:
ji1
Unicode:
9d8f
JIS:
375C
Indexes
Halpern Index: 1768
Nelson Index: 5359
New Nelson Index: 6980
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11b8.4
Four Corner Index: 2752.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1206
Gakken Index: 1669
Japanese Names Index: 2821
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47074P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0849
Remembering the kanji Index: 1947
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1922
Kodansha Compact Index: 1936
Kanji in Context Index: 1863
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1158
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1577
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1966
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2097
Essential Kanji Index: 1548
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2221
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2050
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1928
Words
鶏
(にわとり、とり、かけ、くたかけ)
(domestic) chicken; chicken (meat)
鶏卵
(けいらん)
hen's egg
風見鶏
(かざみどり)
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
長尾鶏
(ながおどり、ちょうびけい)
long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
地鳥
(じどり、じとり)
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
鶏肉
(けいにく、とりにく)
chicken meat
養鶏
(ようけい)
poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming
鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ
(けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ)
Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion
鶏舎
(けいしゃ)
poultry house
鶏口
(けいこう)
mouth of a chicken