鳥
鳥 — Bird
bird, chicken
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiとり (tori)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 鳥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳥 | とり tori | bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl |
| 野鳥 | やちょう yachou | wild bird |
| 鳥類 | ちょうるい chourui | birds |
| 白鳥 | はくちょう hakuchou | swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird |
| 渡り鳥 | わたりどり wataridori | migratory bird; bird of passage |
| 小鳥 | ことり kotori | small bird; little bird |
Study notes
鳥 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1043 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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