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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

Speed

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

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

群

13 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
一 ノ 并 口 ヨ 王 羊
Variants:
羣
flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm, cluster
Kun:
む.れる、 む.れ、 むら、 むら.がる
On:
グン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1012 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 群 【グン】 group, bunch, crowd, throng, swarm, band, group
  • 群衆 【グンシュウ】 group (of people), crowd, horde, throng, mob, multitude
  • 症候群 【ショウコウグン】 syndrome
  • 層群 【ソウグン】 (geol) group

Kun reading compounds

  • 群れる 【むれる】 to crowd, to flock, to swarm
  • 群れ 【むれ】 group, crowd, flock, herd, bevy, school, swarm, cluster (e.g. of stars), clump, pack (e.g. of dogs)
  • 群れる 【むれる】 to crowd, to flock, to swarm
  • 群 【むら】 gathering
  • 群がる 【むらがる】 to swarm, to gather
  • 魚群 【ぎょぐん】 school of fish, shoal of fish
  • 葉群 【はむら】 leaves, foliage
  • 群がる 【むらがる】 to swarm, to gather

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐり、 ぐ、 こお、 こおり、 ごうり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qun2
Korean:
gun

Spanish

  • manada
  • rebaño
  • grupo
  • gentío
  • multitud
  • tropel
  • hacinarse
  • amontonarse
  • aglomerarse

Portuguese

  • bando
  • grupo
  • multidão
  • manada
  • enxame
  • cacho

French

  • troupeau
  • groupe
  • foule
  • essaim
594 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
684 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
657 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
826 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3667 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
769 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
834 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1924 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
794 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
808 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
489 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1569 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1942 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1400 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1171 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28498 Morohashi
1540 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4666 New Nelson (John Haig)
1163 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1247 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
773 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3555 2001 Kanji
3d10.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
1865.1 Four corner code
1-23-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fa4 Unicode hex code

一

1 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一
Variants:
弌
one, one radical (no.1)
Kun:
ひと-、 ひと.つ
On:
イチ、 イツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
  • 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • １対１ 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
  • 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
  • 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
  • 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
  • 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
  • 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • uno
  • 1

Portuguese

  • um

French

  • un
  • radical un (no. 1)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
2 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1 Morohashi
3341 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 New Nelson (John Haig)
1 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-1-4 SKIP code
1000.0 Four corner code
1-16-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e00 Unicode hex code

鶴

21 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
冖 宀 杰 隹 鳥
Variants:
靎 靏 鸖
crane, stork
Kun:
つる
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1369 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鶴首 【カクシュ】 looking forward to
  • 鶴首して待つ 【カクシュシテマツ】 to wait expectantly, to be full of anticipation, to long for
  • 鶏群の一鶴 【ケイグンノイッカク】 a swan among ducklings, a diamond among stones, a great figure among the common run of men
  • 閑雲野鶴 【カンウンヤカク】 life in natural setting, free from worldly cares

Kun reading compounds

  • 鶴 【つる】 crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
  • 鶴岡工業高等専門学校 【つるおかこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう】 Tsuruoka National College of Technology
  • 白鶴 【はくつる】 Hakutsuru (brand of sake)
  • 掃き溜めに鶴 【はきだめにつる】 a jewel in a dunghill

Readings

Japanese names:
たず、 ず、 か、 つ、 づ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he4, hao2
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • grulla
  • cigüeña

Portuguese

French

  • grue
  • cigogne
1120 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5365 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1917 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2926 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2277 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
950 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2326 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1201 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1641 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1962 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47185 Morohashi
1850 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6995 New Nelson (John Haig)
1943 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2093 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1650 2001 Kanji
11b10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-11 SKIP code
4722.7 Four corner code
1-36-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9db4 Unicode hex code