鶏 – chicken

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The kanji 鶏 means chicken. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ (kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is にわとり、とり (niwatori, tori). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 鳥 (no. 196).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	にわとり	niwatori
Kun’yomi	とり	tori

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 鳥 (Kangxi radical 196). Components: 人・爪・土・大・鳥・杰・二.

Words using 鶏

鶏肉とりにくchicken meat

Example sentences

鶏肉を３ポンド分ください。

I'd like three pounds of chicken.

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この鶏肉はよく揚げられている。

This chicken is fried well.

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Kanji with the same radical

鳥鳴

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