鳥 – bird, chicken

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The kanji 鳥 means bird, chicken. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とり (tori). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 鳥 (no. 196).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
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: 杰.

Words using 鳥

鳥とりbird小鳥ことりsmall bird鳥居とりいtorii (Shinto shrine archway)渡り鳥わたりどりmigratory bird

Example sentences

彼は森の中を歩いた。頭上では鳥が楽しくさえずっていた。

He walked in the forest, with birds singing cheerfully above his head.

Tatoeba #103739

鳥は料理人がほどよく焼いた。

The fowls were well roasted by the cook.

Tatoeba #125770

小鳥たちはたのしそうにさえずっています。

The birds are singing merrily.

Tatoeba #146915

Kanji with the same radical

鳴鶏

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