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Chicken 鶏 Birds N ケイ にわとり、とり 鶏肉(けいにく Meat

Kanji
Onyomi ケイ
Kunyomi にわとり、とり
English chicken
Examples 鶏肉(けいにく): chicken meat
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1901
Components 奚: servant; what; why
鳥: bird; chicken
Number of Strokes 19
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 196
Radical Strokes 11
Radical Reading とり・とりへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword chicken
Koohii Story 1 There are two types of birds often compared to husbands. Yes there are a few vultures out there, but most husbands are CHICKENS. 鶏 【にわとり】 (n) (domestic) chicken, (P) 鶏肉 【けいにく】 (n) chicken meat, (P).
Koohii Story 2 The vulture´s husband is a chicken...heck...who am I to judge their interspecies love? They´re both birds so its cool.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_animal_bird

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