chicken
On'yomi (音読み)
- ケイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- にわとり
- とり
About this kanji
The kanji 鶏 represents ‘chicken’ and is primarily used as a noun. You will often encounter it in compounds related to poultry. For example, 鶏肉 (とりにく) means ‘chicken meat,’ while 鶏卵 (けいらん) refers to a ‘hen's egg.’ Another term, 養鶏 (ようけい), translates to ‘poultry raising,’ indicating the practice of farming chickens. In speaking, you might use the kun’yomi reading, にわとり, for a general term for chicken. A quick note: 鶏 can also appear in discussions about cooking, where chicken is a popular ingredient in Japanese cuisine.
Example sentences
鶏が朝に鳴く。
The rooster crows in the morning.
Meanings across languages
- English
- chicken
- Tiếng Việt
- gà
- 日本語
- 鶏
- 한국어
- 닭
- 中文
- 鸡
- id
- ayam
- th
- ไก่
- es
- pollo
- fr
- poulet
- de
- Hühnchen
- pt
- frango
Common compounds
- 鶏肉とりにくchicken meat, fowl, poultry
- 養鶏ようけいpoultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming
- 鶏卵けいらんhen's egg
- 軍鶏しゃもgame fowl, gamecock
- 鶏舎けいしゃpoultry house
- 鶏頭けいとうsilver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)
- 鶏鳴けいめいcrowing of a cock, crowing of a rooster, cockcrow
- 巣鶏すどりsetting hen
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