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The kanji 鶏: meaning, readings and stroke order
鶏
- Meaning
- chicken, hen
- On reading
- ケイ kei
- Kun reading
- にわとり niwatori
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 鳥 bird
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 鷄
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- con gà (kê)
- Japanese
- にわとり。
- Korean
- 닭 (계)
- Chinese
- 鸡
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading · less common
養鶏
raising chickens
養鶏の 農家を たずねます。
I visit a chicken farm.
にわとり niwatori · kun reading
鶏
chicken
朝に 鶏が 鳴きます。
The rooster crows in the morning.
Practise writing 鶏 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 鶏 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.