A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N4 · 11 strokes

Bird ; Chicken

Readings on: チョウ
Kun readings: とり

鳥とり — bird

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 小鳥ことり — small bird Word card → Source
• 白鳥はくちょう — Swan Source
• 野鳥やちょう — wild bird Source
• 鳥肉とりにく — chicken meat Source
• 花鳥かちょう — flowers and birds Source
• 鳥居とりい — torii (portico at the entrance to Shinto temples) Source