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鶏 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 鶏 意味

chicken

鶏 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

にわとり niwatori
とり tori

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ケイ kei

Examples

肥えた鶏は卵を産まない。Fat hens lay few eggs.
この鶏の唐揚げをそのままにしておくのですか。Are you going to let this fried chicken go begging?
その鶏は最近卵を産んでいない。The chicken hasn’t laid any eggs lately.
七面鳥は鶏より少し大きい。A turkey is a little bigger than a chicken.
その肉は鶏の肉です。That meat is chicken.
彼女は鶏を買った。She bought a chicken.
今日の卵は明日の鶏に勝る。Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
私たちの鶏は昨日たくさんの卵を産んだ。Our hens laid a lot of eggs yesterday.
ニワトリが今朝卵を生んだ。The chicken laid an egg this morning.
鶏に種を、えさとして与える。Feed chickens with seeds.

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