鳥 : Bird (radical 196)

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Components:

灬

bird (radical 196)

On 'yomi:

チョウ(chou)

Kun 'yomi:

とり(tori)

Nanori:

か(ka) と(to) とっ(to)

Strokes:	11
Radical:	鳥 (196)
Usage Rating:	1043

JLPT:	N4
old JLPT:	3
Grade:	2

Unicode:	09ce5
jis208:	36-27

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鳥 Usage examples

飼い鳥(かいどり) 飼鳥(かいどり)	pet bird, cage bird
留鳥(りゅうちょう)	nonmigratory bird
白鳥座(はくちょうざ)	Cygnus (constellation), the Swan
風鳥座(ふうちょうざ)	Apus (constellation), the Bird-of-Paradise
鳥威し(とりおどし)	scarecrow
後鳥羽院(ごとばいん)	ex-Emperor Gotoba
母鳥(ははどり)	mother bird
百千鳥(ももちどり)	Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone), Japanese nightingale
鳥もち(とりもち) 鳥黐(とりもち)	birdlime
冬鳥(ふゆどり)	winter bird (resident)
桃花鳥(トキ)	Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), crested ibis
白鳥の歌(はくちょうのうた)	swan song
黒鳥(コクチョウ)	black swan (Cygnus atratus)
鳥兜(トリカブト) 鳥甲(トリカブト) 鳥頭(トリカブト)	traditional bugaku hat, wolfsbane, monkshood
浜千鳥(はまちどり)	plover on the beach, plovers near the shore
画眉鳥(ホホジロ)	great white shark, white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)
ひよ鳥(ヒエドリ)	brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
ヨーロッパ駒鳥(ヨーロッパコマドリ)	European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
ロック鳥(ロックちょう)	roc
角目鳥(ツノメドリ)	horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
鳥インフルエンザ(とりインフルエンザ)	avian influenza
鳥類インフルエンザ(ちょうるいインフルエンザ)	bird flu
獦子鳥(アトリ)	brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)
花鳥諷詠(かちょうふうえい)	the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme, the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku)
火の鳥(ひのとり)	phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
チモール文鳥(チモールぶんちょう)	Timor dusky sparrow (Lonchura fuscata, Padda fuscata)
閑古鳥が鳴く(かんこどりがなく)	to be in a slump (of a business), (business is) slow
地鳥(じとり)	locally raised chicken, free-range local traditional pedigree chicken, chicken meat from same
肉食鳥(にくしょくちょう)	carnivorous bird
朱鳥(あかみとり)	Shuchou era (686.7.20-686.12.?), Suchou era, Akamitori era
鳥餌(とりえ)	bird feed, birdseed
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師もこれを殺さず(きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもこれをころさず)	Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
窮鳥懐に入れば猟師も殺さず(きゅうちょうふところにいればりょうしもころさず)	Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
磯千鳥(いそちどり)	beach plover
蒸し鳥(むしとり)	steamed chicken
高病原性鳥インフルエンザ(こうびょうげんせいとりインフルエンザ)	highly pathogenic avian influenza (i.e. H5N1)