鳥 — kanji meaning “bird”
鳥
bird, chicken
- Meanings
- bird, chicken
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- とり
- Name readings
- か、と、とっ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1043 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 196
- Chinese reading
- niǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 鳥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白鳥 | はくちょう hakuchou | swan (Cygnus spp.) |
| 小鳥 | ことり kotori | small bird; little bird |
| 鳥居 | とりい torii | torii (Shinto shrine archway) |
| 焼き鳥 | やきとり yakitori | yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer |
| 野鳥 | やちょう yachou | wild bird |
| 鳥類 | ちょうるい chourui | birds |
| 一石二鳥 | いっせきにちょう issekinichou | killing two birds with one stone |
| 千鳥 | ちどり chidori | plover |
| 鳥獣 | ちょうじゅう choujuu | birds and wild animals; wildlife |
| 渡り鳥 | わたりどり wataridori | migratory bird; bird of passage |
| 花鳥 | かちょう kachou | flowers and birds |
| 水鳥 | みずとり mizutori | waterfowl; water bird; shorebird |
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