Moto 鶏: ChickenKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケイ
- Kun'yomi
- にわとり、とり
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 115 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケイ)
- 養鶏ようけいpoultry raising; poultry farming
- 鶏卵けいらんhen's egg
- シャムロ鶏シャムロけいgame fowl; gamecock
- 割鶏牛刀かっけいぎゅうとうusing a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- 大金鶏菊おおきんけいぎくtickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata); tickweed
- 小綬鶏こじゅけいChinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
- 廃鶏はいけいculled chicken; spent hen
- 成鶏せいけいadult chicken; mature fowl
- 採卵鶏さいらんけいegg-laying hen; layer
- 海南鶏飯かいなんけいはんHainanese chicken rice
- 烏骨鶏うこっけいsilky fowl; silky
- 爪羽鶏つめばけいhoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
- 猿猴鶏頭えんこうげいとうlove-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower
- 種鶏しゅけいparent stock (for chickens); breeder
- 紐鶏頭ひもげいとうlove-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower
- 葉鶏頭はげいとうtampala; Joseph's coat
- 赤色野鶏せきしょくやけいred jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)
- 野鶏やけいfowl
- 錦鶏きんけいgolden pheasant
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 鶏にわとりchicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken
- 鶏肉とりにくchicken meat
- おん鶏おんどりcock; rooster
- めん鶏めんどりfemale bird; hen
- 一番鶏いちばんどりfirst cockcrowing
- 三番鶏さんばんどりthird cockcrowing
- 初鶏はつとりfirst cockcrowing of the year
- 地鶏じどりnationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken
- 尾長鶏おながどりlong-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
- 巣鶏すどりsetting hen
- 比内地鶏ひないじどりcross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens
- 比内鶏ひないどりbreed of chicken native to Akita Prefecture
- 牝鶏めんどりfemale bird; hen
- 牡鶏おんどりcock; rooster
- 若鶏わかどりchick; chicken
- 蒸し鶏むしどりsteamed chicken
- 長尾鶏ながおどりlong-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
Other readings
- 参鶏湯サムゲタンsamgyetang (Korean dish); chicken ginseng soup
- 姫水鶏ひめくいなBaillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
- 姫秧鶏ひめくいなBaillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)
- 山原水鶏やんばるくいなOkinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
- 暹羅鶏シャムロけいgame fowl; gamecock
- 棒々鶏バンバンジーbang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
- 棒棒鶏バンバンジーbang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
- 水鶏くいなrail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
- 油淋鶏ユーリンチーChinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce
- 炸子鶏ザーヅーチー(Chinese style) deep-fried chicken
- 珠鶏ほろほろちょうhelmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
- 眉白水鶏まみじろくいなwhite-browed crake (species of rail, Porzana cinerea)
- 眉白秧鶏まみじろくいなwhite-browed crake (species of rail, Porzana cinerea)
- 矮鶏チャボ(Japanese) bantam
- 矮鶏大戟ちゃぼたいげきpetty spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
- 矮鶏檜葉チャボひばChamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress)
- 秧鶏くいなrail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)
- 緋水鶏ひくいなruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)
- 緋秧鶏ひくいなruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)
- 縞秧鶏しまくいなSwinhoe's yellow rail (Porzana exquisita)
- 花鶏あとりbrambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)
- 蓑曳鶏みのひきどりminohiki chicken (Japanese long-tailed breed)
- 軍鶏しゃもgame fowl; gamecock
- 辣子鶏ラーズージーlaziji; spicy Sichuan chicken dish
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