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    3. 鶏

    鶏

    鶏にわとり

    chicken

    N1KMT10Freq #1901Food & DiningAnimalsKanji19 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    にわとりとり

    On'yomi

    ケイ

    chicken

    奚鳥

    ⺤
    爪
    大
    鳥
    灬
    火

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    Concepts using this kanji

    鶏

    chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

    鶏肉

    chicken meat

    養鶏

    poultry raising

    鶏卵

    hen's egg

    山原水鶏

    Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)

    比内鶏

    breed of chicken native to Akita Prefecture

    一番鶏

    first cockcrowing

    三番鶏

    third cockcrowing

    風見鶏

    weather vane

    鶏小屋

    henhouse

    大金鶏菊

    tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata)

    鶏口牛後

    better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull

    鶏口

    mouth of a chicken

    成鶏

    adult chicken

    水鶏

    rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)

    宮保鶏丁

    Kung Pao chicken

    赤色野鶏

    red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

    長尾鶏

    long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)

    尾長鶏

    long-tailed cock

    軍鶏

    game fowl

    海南鶏飯

    Hainanese chicken rice

    野鶏

    fowl

    初鶏

    first cockcrowing of the year

    葉鶏頭

    Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)

    鶏足

    chicken leg

    養鶏場

    poultry farm

    頭青花鶏

    chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

    卵用鶏

    egg-laying hen

    養鶏業

    the poultry industry

    鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ

    better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

    養鶏家

    poultry farmer

    青鶏頭

    red-root amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus)

    若鶏

    young bird

    花鶏

    brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)

    小綬鶏

    Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)

    参鶏湯

    samgyetang (Korean dish)

    鶏冠石

    realgar

    種鶏

    parent stock (for chickens)

    鶏油

    chicken fat

    姫水鶏

    Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)

    眉白水鶏

    white-browed crake (species of rail, Porzana cinerea)

    鶏群の一鶴

    a swan among ducklings

    鶏冠海苔

    Meristotheca papulosa (species of edible red alga)

    採卵鶏

    egg-laying hen

    鶏頭

    silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)

    雄鶏

    male bird

    廃鶏

    culled chicken

    炸子鶏

    (Chinese style) deep-fried chicken

    鶏胸肉

    chicken breast meat

    割鶏牛刀

    using a meat ax when a knife would suffice

    紐鶏頭

    love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)

    家鶏野鶩

    bored by the familiar, intrigued by novelty

    闘鶏

    cockfight

    鶏皮

    chicken skin (esp. in cooking)

    油淋鶏

    Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce

    鶏舎

    poultry house

    鶏飯

    dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)

    鶏群

    flock of chickens

    鶏姦

    homosexual sex between males

    辣子鶏

    laziji

    爪羽鶏

    hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

    鶏南蛮

    chicken nanban

    鶉水鶏

    corn crake

    鶏鳴狗盗

    person who resorts to petty tricks

    黄鶏

    chicken meat

    鶏痘

    fowl pox

    鶏冠

    cockscomb

    棒々鶏

    bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)

    鶏鳴

    crowing of a cock

    矮鶏大戟

    petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)

    鶏唐揚げ

    deep-fried chicken

    烏骨鶏

    silky fowl

    頭黒鶏冠鳧

    masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)

    巣鶏

    setting hen

    錦鶏

    golden pheasant

    鶏眼

    corn

    鶏卵素麺

    sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal)

    蒸し鶏

    steamed chicken

    矮鶏檜葉

    Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress)

    猿猴鶏頭

    love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)

    矮鶏

    (Japanese) bantam

    鶏がらスープ

    chicken broth

    鶏ミンチ

    minced chicken

    よだれ鶏

    mouth-watering chicken (Chinese dish of steamed chicken with a spicy sauce)

    鶏がら

    chicken bones

    汽鍋鶏

    steam pot chicken (Yunnan cuisine)

    牝鶏

    hen

    鶏蛋

    hen's egg (esp. in Chinese cuisine)

    蓑曳鶏

    minohiki chicken (Japanese long-tailed breed)

    鶏蜱

    chicken mite (Dermanyssus gallinae)

    鶏糞

    poultry manure

    暹羅鶏

    game fowl

    緋秧鶏

    ruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)

    縞秧鶏

    Swinhoe's yellow rail (Porzana exquisita)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 大
    • 灬
    • 火
    • ⺤
    • 爪
    • 鳥

    is_used_in

    • 一番鶏
    • 軍鶏
    • 鶏
    • 鶏舎
    • 鶏頭
    • 鶏肉
    • 鶏鳴
    • 鶏卵
    • 巣鶏
    • 野鶏
    • 雄鶏
    • 養鶏
    • 矮鶏
    • 鶏冠
    • 三番鶏
    • 闘鶏
    • 長尾鶏
    • 尾長鶏
    • 水鶏
    • 小綬鶏
    • 若鶏
    • 鶏口
    • 鶏群
    • 鶏糞
    • 養鶏家
    • 養鶏場
    • 養鶏業
    • 風見鶏
    • 錦鶏
    • 葉鶏頭
    • 鶏口牛後
    • 鶏鳴狗盗
    • 花鶏
    • 割鶏牛刀
    • 鶏がら
    • 黄鶏
    • 縞秧鶏
    • 山原水鶏
    • 棒々鶏
    • 参鶏湯
    • 眉白水鶏
    • 鶉水鶏
    • 頭青花鶏
    • 鶏皮
    • 緋秧鶏
    • 鶏胸肉
    • 鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ
    • 鶏足
    • 鶏小屋
    • 矮鶏檜葉
    • 採卵鶏
    • 鶏冠海苔
    • 赤色野鶏
    • 初鶏
    • 鶏眼
    • 鶏姦
    • 鶏冠石
    • 鶏飯
    • 爪羽鶏
    • 烏骨鶏
    • 比内鶏
    • 鶏卵素麺
    • 油淋鶏
    • 頭黒鶏冠鳧
    • 大金鶏菊
    • 鶏蜱
    • 姫水鶏
    • 鶏唐揚げ
    • 蒸し鶏
    • 鶏がらスープ
    • 種鶏
    • 暹羅鶏
    • 成鶏
    • 紐鶏頭
    • 猿猴鶏頭
    • 青鶏頭
    • 鶏群の一鶴
    • 矮鶏大戟
    • 炸子鶏
    • 辣子鶏
    • 鶏ミンチ
    • 廃鶏
    • 海南鶏飯
    • 蓑曳鶏
    • 鶏南蛮
    • 鶏蛋
    • 家鶏野鶩
    • 汽鍋鶏
    • よだれ鶏
    • 宮保鶏丁
    • 鶏痘
    • 卵用鶏
    • 鶏油
    • 牝鶏

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