鶏 — kanji meaning “chicken”
鶏
chicken
- Meanings
- chicken
- On'yomi
- ケイ (kei)
- Kun'yomi
- にわとり、とり
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1901 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 196
- Chinese reading
- jī
Words with 鶏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鶏肉 | とりにく toriniku | chicken meat |
| 養鶏 | ようけい youkei | poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming |
| 鶏卵 | けいらん keiran | hen's egg |
| 風見鶏 | かざみどり kazamidori | weather vane |
| 雄鶏 | おんどり ondori | male bird |
| 闘鶏 | とうけい toukei | cockfight; fighting cock |
| 軍鶏 | しゃも shamo | game fowl; gamecock |
| 鶏舎 | けいしゃ keisha | poultry house |
| 鶏糞 | けいふん keifun | poultry manure; chicken droppings |
| 鶏頭 | けいとう keitou | silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata) |
| 鶏冠 | とさか tosaka | cockscomb; comb; crest |
| 花鶏 | あとり atori | brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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