| 1206 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1669 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5359 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1548 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1922 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2821 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 926 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 949 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1863 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1936 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2221 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1158 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1966 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 47074P | Morohashi |
| 1768 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6980 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1947 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2097 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1928 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鶏肉 【トリニク】 chicken meat, fowl, poultry, bird meat
- 鶏卵 【ケイラン】 hen's egg
- 養鶏 【ヨウケイ】 poultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming
- 成鶏 【セイケイ】 adult chicken, mature fowl
Kun reading compounds
- 鶏 【にわとり】 chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat
- 鶏小屋 【にわとりごや】 henhouse, chicken coop
- 鳥 【とり】 bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
- 鶏 【にわとり】 chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat
- 花鶏 【あとり】 brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)
- 頭青花鶏 【ずあおあとり】 chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Readings
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- pollo
- gallo
- ave de corral
Portuguese
- Frango
- galinha
French
- poule
| 2050 | 2001 Kanji |
| 11b8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-11 | SKIP code |
| 2752.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9d8f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卵 【ラン】 ovum, ovule, egg cell
- 卵子 【ランシ】 ovum, ovule, egg cell
- 受精卵 【ジュセイラン】 fertilized egg, fertilised egg
- 介卵 【カイラン】 brooding
Kun reading compounds
- 卵 【たまご】 eggs, egg, spawn, roe, (hen's) egg, (an expert) in the making, beginning, origin, infancy
- 卵形 【らんけい】 oval shape, egg shape
- 乾燥卵 【かんそうらん】 powdered eggs, dehydrated eggs, dried eggs
- 冷凍卵 【れいとうらん】 frozen egg
Readings
- Korean:
- ran
Spanish
- huevo
- óvulo
- embrión
Portuguese
- ovo
- óvulo
- desovar
- ova de peixe
French
- oeuf
- frai
| 1000 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 990 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1359 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 199 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1527 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 386 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1058 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1135 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 254 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1054 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 567 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 751 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1433 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2857 | Morohashi |
| 849 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 632 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1422 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1526 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 857 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2644 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2e5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 7772.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5375 | Unicode hex code |