Keyword
chicken
Info
FrequencyTop 2000-2100
Type
Jōyō 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig2097
Old form
Readings
とり
(29%)
かけ
(18%)
けい
(10%)
どり
(3%)
Composed of
claw (radical)
husband
bird
Used in vocabulary (121 in total)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
chicken meat
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
henhouse; chicken coop
cock; rooster; chanticleer
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
chicken bones; chicken carcass
poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming
female bird; hen
game fowl; gamecock
cockscomb; crest
poultry farm; chicken farm
poultry house
cockfight; fighting cock
chick; chicken
female bird; hen
steamed chicken
silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)
chicken broth; chicken soup
crowing of a cock; crowing of a rooster; cockcrow; dawn; (arch.) hour of the Ox (around 2am)
chicken bones; chicken carcass
first cockcrowing
rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
silky fowl; silky
chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables
tampala; Joseph's coat; Amaranthus tricolor
chicken broth; chicken soup
poultry manure; chicken droppings
chicken breast meat
cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens
Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce
the poultry industry; poultry farming
homosexual sex between males; buggery; sodomy
brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)
chicken leg
samgyetang (Korean dish); chicken ginseng soup
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
cock; rooster; chanticleer
(Japanese) bantam
bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
breed of chicken native to Akita Prefecture
deep-fried chicken
better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond
sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal); angel hair; fios de ovos
dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)
third cockcrowing
mouth of a chicken
female bird; hen
minced chicken; ground chicken
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; (lit.) better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
laziji; spicy Sichuan chicken dish
flock of chickens
person who resorts to petty tricks; person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
egg-laying hen; layer
golden pheasant
parent stock (for chickens); breeder
cock; rooster; chanticleer
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men
Baoji City
hen's egg (esp. in Chinese cuisine)
deep-fried chicken
adult chicken; mature fowl
culled chicken; spent hen
love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth; Inca wheat
Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
chicken and rice
chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt
maple (tree) (Acer spp.)
rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
chicken bones; chicken carcass
helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
first cockcrowing of the year
catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi
catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole); bird catcher; slices of raw chicken meat; chicken sashimi
Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
cassowary (Casuarius spp.)
to have goosebumps
deep-fried chicken
Meristotheca papulosa (species of edible red alga)
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; (lit.) better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow
chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
setting hen
long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem
a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men
Swinhoe's yellow rail (Porzana exquisita)
corn (on one's foot)
game fowl; gamecock
game fowl; gamecock
love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth
(Chinese style) deep-fried chicken
minohiki chicken (Japanese long-tailed breed)
bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty; (lit.) domestic chicken and wild duck; one's wife and one's mistress
white-browed crake (species of rail, Porzana cinerea)
white-browed crake (species of rail, Porzana cinerea)
corn crake; corncrake; land rail (Crex crex)
corn crake; corncrake; land rail (Crex crex)
ruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)
ruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress)
red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)
hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
masked lapwing (Vanellus miles); masked plover; spur-winged plover
tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata); tickweed; sand coreopsis; lanceleaf tickseed
chicken mite (Dermanyssus gallinae)
Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
red-root amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus); redroot pigweed; red-rooted pigweed; common amaranth; pigweed amaranth; common tumbleweed
petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
Examples (29 in total)
That meat is chicken.
She bought a chicken.
Cows give us milk and chickens give us eggs.