Entry
  1. Noun

    male bird

    Usually written using kana alonesee 雌鳥

    おんどりに時を告げさせるのは、めんどりである。
    It is the hen that makes the rooster crow.
  2. cock; rooster

    Usually written using kana aloneesp. 雄鶏see 雌鶏

Also written 雄鳥【おんどり】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence

Kun
お-おすおん
On
ユウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
669 of 2500
Radical
short-tailed bird
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

かつたけつよしよう

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
8c4.1The Kanji Dictionary
4001.4Four corner code
1475deroo
96c4Unicode hex code
1-45-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5030Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6499New Nelson (John Haig)
1008New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1271Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
688Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
920Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
743Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
804Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1912Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1387Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41972Morohashi
1869A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1387Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1476Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1884Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1602Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1637Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1852Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
751Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiong2Pinyin reading
ungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chicken

Kun
にわとりとり
On
ケイ
Strokes
19
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1901 of 2500
Radical
bird
WaniKani
Level 58

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-11SKIP code
11b8.4The Kanji Dictionary
2752.7Four corner code
2050deroo
9d8fUnicode hex code
1-23-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5359Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6980New Nelson (John Haig)
1768New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2221Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1158Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1577Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1947Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2097Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1669A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2821Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1548Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
47074PMorohashi
1206A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
926Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
949Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1922Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1928Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1863Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1936Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1966Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji1Pinyin reading
gyeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level