EntryCommonWaniKani 18
  1. Noun

    yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer

    Food, cooking

  2. grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)

    Obsolete term

  3. failing to win a single hand during a half-game

    Mahjong

Also written 焼鳥【やきとり】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bake, burning

Kun
や.くや.きや.き--や.きや.ける
On
ショウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
982 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Used in names as

やいやき

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-8, 1-1-11SKIP code
4d8.4The Kanji Dictionary
9481.1Four corner code
1157deroo
713cUnicode hex code
1-30-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2772Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3438New Nelson (John Haig)
997New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1256Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
681Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
909Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1200Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1284Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
733A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1588Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
671Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19166PMorohashi
509A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
920Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
434sakade
717Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
539henshall3
590Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
218Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1268Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1208Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shao1Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bird, chicken

Kun
とり
On
チョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1043 of 2500
Radical
bird
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

とっ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-7-4, 4-11-4SKIP code
11b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2732.7Four corner code
850deroo
9ce5Unicode hex code
1-36-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5340Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6931New Nelson (John Haig)
3312New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4105Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2083Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2822Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1941Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2091Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
932A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1521Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
182Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46634Morohashi
174A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
285Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
285Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
117sakade
283Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
190henshall3
210Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
486Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
1934Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1960Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
niao3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level