Keyword
chicken
Info
FrequencyTop 2000-2100
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig2097
Old form鷄
Readings
とり
(30%)
かけ
(18%)
けい
(10%)
どり
(3%)
Composed of
claw (radical)
husband
bird
Used in vocabulary (142 in total)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
chicken meat
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
Examples (39 in total)
Before long, the crow of a rooster was heard from somewhere.
As a thank-you for the rescue, I received a chicken.
In the old days, people slaughtered chickens at home and ate them.