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鳥

bird
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingとり
JōyōGrade 2
  1. bird meat (esp. chicken meat)
  2. fowl
  3. poultry

Popular Usage

小鳥

Radicals and components

Radical鳥birdComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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white (白) · dove · one (一) · tail feathers

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2091

Compound words

小鳥ことり
small bird; little bird
花鳥かちょう
flowers and birds
千鳥ちどり
plover
鳥居とりい
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
鳥類ちょうるい
birds
白鳥はくちょう
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
野鳥やちょう
wild bird
水鳥みずとり
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
鳥獣ちょうじゅう
birds and wild animals; wildlife
放鳥ほうちょう
setting free a bird; bird to be set free
渡り鳥わたりどり
migratory bird; bird of passage
焼き鳥やきとり
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
一石二鳥いっせきにちょう
killing two birds with one stone

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鳥

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step

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