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鶏 means 'chicken'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 1838   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-33    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 89 words   Used in 85 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ケイ
Kun
   にわとり chicken
Additional readings
Kun    とり
Variants
鷄  
Components
⿰  ⿱  ⺤ (爪) claw  夫 husband  鳥 bird  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鶏 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 鶏 is used 60 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ケイ : 34 words FIND ALL
よ う け い 0
noun
poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming
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ケイ (read as げい) : 4 words FIND ALL
あ お げ い と う 3
noun
red-root amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus); redroot pigweed; red-rooted pigweed; common amaranth; pigweed amaranth; common tumbleweed  (often written with kana only)
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とり : 10 words FIND ALL
と り な べ 0
noun
chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables
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にわとり : 1 word FIND ALL
に わ と り 0
noun
1. (domestic) chicken
2. chicken (meat)  (see also: 鶏肉)
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とり (read as どり) : 11 words FIND ALL
か ざ み ど り 3
noun
1. weather vane
2. fence-sitter; opportunist
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An additional 29 less common words include 鶏 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1206  Joy o' Kanji : 1206  Key to Kanji: - 

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鶏
ケイ   にわとり chicken   
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鳥
チョウ   とり bird   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
丂
reach
灬
fire
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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