The kanji 鳥: meaning, readings and stroke order

鳥

Meaning: bird
On reading: チョウ chou
Kun reading: とり tori
Strokes: 11
Radical: 鳥 bird
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con chim (điểu)
Japanese: とり。
Korean: 새 (조)
Chinese: 鸟

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading

白はく鳥ちょう
swan
池に 白はく鳥ちょうが来ました。
A swan came to the pond.

とり tori · kun reading

鳥とり
bird
森で 鳥とりの声を聞きます。
I listen to the birds in the forest.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.