鳥
bird; chicken
11 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1043.
Readings
- とり (kun reading): 鳥 (とり) bird; 小鳥 (ことり) small bird
- チョウ (on reading): 文鳥 (ぶんちょう) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora); 鳥類 (ちょうるい) birds
- Read as a whole word: 啄木鳥 (きつつき) woodpecker; あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥 (あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎす) don't judge a book by its cover; 飛鳥時代 (あすかじだい) Asuka period (550-710 CE)
Components
Kanji containing 鳥
- 島 island
- 鳴 chirp
- 鶴 crane
- 嶋 island
- 鳩 pigeon
- 鷹 hawk
- 鵬 phoenix
- 嶌 island
- 鴨 wild duck
- 鶏 chicken
- 鷲 eagle
- 烏 crow
- 鴻 large bird
- 鵜 cormorant
- 鴈 wild goose
- 鷺 heron
- 鴎 seagull
- 蔦 vine
- 鵠 swan
- 鳬 wild duck
- 梟 owl
- 鳧 wild duck
- 鳫 wild goose
- 鳰 grebe
- 鳶 black kite
- 樢 type of bird
- 鴃 shrike
- 鴆 a poisonous Chinese bird
- 鴇 wild goose
- 鴉 crow
- 鴒 wagtail
- 鴕 Chinese ostrich
- 鴛 male mandarin duck
- 鴟 kite
- 鴣 partridge
- 鴦 female mandarin duck
- 鴪 flying fast
- 鴫 snipe
- 鴬 nightingale
- 鴾 crested ibis
- 鴿 dove
- 鵁 night heron
- 鵄 kite
- 鵆 plover
- 鵈 kite (bird)
- 鵐 unmottled quail
- 鵑 cuckoo
- 鵙 shrike
- 鵝 goose
- 鵞 goose
- 鵤 grosbeak
- 鵡 cockatoo
- 鵯 brown eared bulbul
- 鵲 magpie
- 鵺 fabulous night bird
- 鶇 thrush
- 鶉 quail
- 鶚 osprey
- 鶤 type of black songbird
- 鶩 domestic duck
And 22 more.
Words using 鳥
- 鳥 (とり) bird
- 小鳥 (ことり) small bird
- 焼き鳥 (やきとり) yakitori
- 鳥居 (とりい) torii (Shinto shrine archway)
- 千鳥 (ちどり) plover
- 文鳥 (ぶんちょう) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
- 鳥類 (ちょうるい) birds
- 白鳥 (はくちょう) swan (Cygnus spp.)
- 野鳥 (やちょう) wild bird
- 七面鳥 (しちめんちょう) turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- 啄木鳥 (きつつき) woodpecker
- あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥 (あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎす) don't judge a book by its cover
- 飛鳥時代 (あすかじだい) Asuka period (550-710 CE)
- 鳥取 (とっとり) Tottori (city, prefecture)
- 鳥取県 (とっとりけん) Tottori Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
- 鳥取大学 (とっとりだいがく) Tottori University
- 善知鳥 (ウトウ) rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
- 鳥羽伏見の戦い (とばふしみのたたかい) Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)
300 words in all.