鶏
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Translingual[edit]
| Shinjitai | 鶏 |
|---|---|
| Simplified | 鸡 |
| Traditional | 鷄雞 |
Han character[edit]
鶏 (radical 196 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月人竹日火 (BOHAF), composition ⿰⿱爫夫鳥)
References[edit]
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 1494, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47074
- Dae Jaweon: page 2024, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4641, character 14
- Unihan data for U+9D8F
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鷄)
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鶏 |
| にわとり Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Originally derived from the 枕詞 (makura kotoba, “pillow word”, an epithet as a poetic device) compound phrase niwa tsu tori, 庭 (niwa, “garden”) + つ (tsu, possessive particle, analogous to modern Japanese の, no) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”), used in Old Japanese poetry as an allusive introduction to kake, the older word for “chicken” (see below). The medial tsu disappeared over time, yielding modern Japanese niwatori.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
鶏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鷄, hiragana にわとり, katakana ニワトリ, romaji niwatori, historical hiragana にはとり)
- a chicken (a bird)
Synonyms[edit]
- 臼辺鳥 (usubedori)
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鶏 |
| かけ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
From Old Japanese. Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a chicken.[1][2] Compare English cluck.
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
鶏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鷄, hiragana かけ, romaji kake)
- a chicken (a bird)
- 711-712, Kojiki (Kami tsu maki)
- 爾波都登理 迦祁波那久
- 庭つ鳥 鶏は鳴く
- にわつとり かけはなく
- niwa tsu tori, kake wa naku
- the garden bird, the chicken clucks
- 711-712, Kojiki (Kami tsu maki)
Synonyms[edit]
- 臼辺鳥 (usubedori)
Etymology 3[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鶏 |
| くたかけ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
From Old Japanese. Compound of くた (kuta, root for numerous verbs, implying low-grade, rotten, stinky) + かけ (kake, “chicken”, see above).[1]
Formerly a derogatory term for a chicken. Over time, the derogatory sense was lost, and the term instead took on an old-fashioned or archaic sense.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
鶏 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 鷄, hiragana くたかけ, romaji kutakake)
Usage notes[edit]
Occasionally seen with the reading くだかけ (kudakake).[1][2]
Synonyms[edit]
- 臼辺鳥 (usubedori)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- Han script characters
- Japanese Han characters
- Common kanji
- Japanese kanji read as け
- Japanese kanji read as けい
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶏 read as にわとり
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound words
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with one Han script character
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶏
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶏 read as かけ
- Japanese terms spelled with 鶏 read as くたかけ
- Japanese terms with archaic senses
- Japanese basic words
- ja:Chickens
- CJKV characters simplified differently in Japan and China
