鶏 — chicken
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鶏
chicken
Grade S
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
19 strokes
animal
U+9D8F
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1901
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #2097
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- chicken
word
にわとり niwatori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
とり tori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
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