鶏
chicken
19 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1901.
Readings
- とり (kun reading): 鶏肉 (とりにく) chicken meat; 鶏皮 (とりかわ) chicken skin (esp. in cooking)
- にわとり (kun reading): 鶏 (にわとり) chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); 鶏小屋 (にわとりごや) henhouse
- ケイ (on reading): 鶏卵 (けいらん) hen's egg; 養鶏 (ようけい) poultry raising
- Read as a whole word: 軍鶏 (しゃも) game fowl; 水鶏 (くいな) rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus); 縞秧鶏 (しまくいな) Swinhoe's yellow rail (Porzana exquisita)
Components
- 奚
- 鳥
- 二 radical two
- 人 radical person
- 土 radical earth
- 大 radical big
- ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
- 爪 radical claw
- 鳥 radical bird
Words using 鶏
- 鶏肉 (とりにく) chicken meat
- 鶏皮 (とりかわ) chicken skin (esp. in cooking)
- 鶏胸肉 (とりむねにく) chicken breast meat
- 地鶏 (じどり) nationally protected chicken breed
- 雄鶏 (おんどり) male bird
- 鶏 (にわとり) chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
- 鶏小屋 (にわとりごや) henhouse
- 鶏卵 (けいらん) hen's egg
- 養鶏 (ようけい) poultry raising
- 錦鶏 (きんけい) golden pheasant
- 闘鶏 (とうけい) cockfight
- 養鶏場 (ようけいじょう) poultry farm
- 軍鶏 (しゃも) game fowl
- 水鶏 (くいな) rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
- 縞秧鶏 (しまくいな) Swinhoe's yellow rail (Porzana exquisita)
- 油淋鶏 (ユーリンチー) Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce
- 鶏冠 (とさか) cockscomb
- 鶏油 (チーユ) chicken fat
- 棒々鶏 (バンバンジー) bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
- 炸子鶏 (ザーヅーチー) (Chinese style) deep-fried chicken
75 words in all.