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鶏

19 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
二 人 土 大 杰 爪 鳥
Variants:
鷄 雞
chicken
Kun:
にわとり、 とり
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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
  • 焼き鳥 【やきとり】 yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer, grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow), failing to win a single hand during a half-game
  • 花鶏 【あとり】 brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • pollo
  • gallo
  • ave de corral

Portuguese

  • Frango
  • galinha

French

  • poule
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)
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

卵

7 strokes
Radical:
kneel 卩
Parts:
丶 ノ 卜 卩
egg, ovum, spawn, roe
Kun:
たまご
On:
ラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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, a ... in the making, future (lawyer, doctor, etc.), budding ..., 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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luan3
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

素

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
二 亠 土 小 幺 糸
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Kun:
もと
On:
ソ、 ス
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 素 【ソ】 white silk, prime, principle
  • 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
  • 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
  • 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
  • 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
  • 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
  • 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
  • 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • materia prima
  • elemental
  • normal
  • usual

Portuguese

  • elementar
  • princípio
  • descoberto
  • nu

French

  • élément
  • principe
  • nu
  • découvert
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
759 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
737 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
717 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3511 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
797 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1623 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1707 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1506 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3108 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1546 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27300 Morohashi
2458 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1532 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1652 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
716 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1441 2001 Kanji
6a4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
5090.3 Four corner code
1-33-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d20 Unicode hex code

麺

16 strokes
Radical:
wheat 麥
Parts:
二 亠 土 夂 麦 面
Variants:
麪 麵
noodles, wheat flour
Kun:
むぎこ
On:
メン、 ベン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 麺 【メン】 noodles, flour
  • 麺子 【メンス】 noodles
  • 生麺 【ナマメン】 raw noodles, uncooked noodles, fresh noodles
  • 製麺 【セイメン】 noodle making

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mian4
Korean:
myeon

Spanish

  • tallarines
  • harina de trigo

Portuguese

French

5389 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2910 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1302 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4112 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47827X Morohashi
7038 New Nelson (John Haig)
2752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2040 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4i17.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-9 SKIP code
3-11-9 SKIP code
4140.6 Four corner code
4124.6 Four corner code
1-44-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9eba Unicode hex code