鳥

bird, chicken

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

チョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

とり

Nanori (名乗り)

かととっ

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:11

JLPT:N4

Frequency:1043

Vocabulary

チョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
鳥類	チョウルイ	birds
白鳥	ハクチョウ	swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
白鳥	ハクチョウ	swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
野鳥	ヤチョウ	wild bird
水鳥	スイチョウ	waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
鳥渡	ちょっと	a little; a bit; slightly; just a minute; for a moment; briefly; somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite; (not) easily; (not) readily; hey!; come on; excuse me; thanks, but no; not feasible; not possible
一石二鳥	いっせきにちょう	killing two birds with one stone
鳥肉	とりにく	chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
小鳥	ことり	small bird; little bird
千鳥	ちどり	plover

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

breath, coming to an end, interest (on money), nuture, respiration, rest, son

meritorious deed, merit

char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe