Word details

鶏

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 鶏.

Dictionary

Entry

鶏にわとりとりニワトリかけくたかけNounFreq #8955
1

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken

Examples
肥えた鶏は卵を産まない。
Fat hens lay few eggs.
2

chicken meat

Examples
この鶏の唐揚げをそのままにしておくのですか。
Are you going to let this fried chicken go begging?

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

鶏

chicken

19 strokesFrequency 1,901JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ケイ

Kun

にわとりとり

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