雉 — kanji meaning “pheasant”
雉
pheasant
- Meanings
- pheasant
- On'yomi
- ジ (ji)、チ (chi)
- Kun'yomi
- きじ
- Name readings
- き
- Strokes
- 13
- Classical radical
- 172
- Chinese reading
- zhì — Chinese character page
Words with 雉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雉子 | きぎす kigisu | green pheasant; Japanese green pheasant |
| 雉鳩 | きじばと kijibato | Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); rufous turtle dove |
| 白雉 | はくち hakuchi | Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?) |
| 雉羽太 | きじはた kijihata | red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara); Hong Kong grouper |
| 雉隠 | きじかくし kijikakushi | Asparagus schoberioides |
| 高麗雉 | こうらいきじ kouraikiji | common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); ring-necked pheasant |
| 雉笛 | きじぶえ kijibue | flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song) |
| 雉トラ | きじトラ kijitora | brown tabby cat |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.