Entry
  1. Noun

    female bird

    Usually written using kana alonesee 雄鳥

    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. hen (female chicken)

    Usually written using kana aloneesp. 雌鶏see 雄鶏

Also written 雌鶏【めんどり】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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feminine, female

Kun
め-めすめん
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1951 of 2500
Radical
short-tailed bird
WaniKani
Level 59

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-10, 1-6-8, 1-3-10, 1-5-8SKIP code
8c6.1The Kanji Dictionary
2011.4Four corner code
1275deroo
96ccUnicode hex code
1-27-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2435Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6506New Nelson (John Haig)
1055New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1337Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
724Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
971Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
563Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
605Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1959A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1586Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41998XMorohashi
1323A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1388Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1477Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1886Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1741Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1639Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1854Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
570Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ci2, ci1Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
59WaniKani 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

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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