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鶏 = 夫 + 爪 + 鳥
鶏 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chicken”. It is built from 夫 (husband), 爪 (claw) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2097.
- Keyword
- chicken
- RTK frame
- 2097
- Strokes
- 19
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- にわとり, とり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- курица
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 鶏 chicken
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鶏 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “husband” + “claw” + “bird”. 鶏 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鶏 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.