Entry
  1. Noun

    driving off birds

  2. procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house

  3. female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen

  4. street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan

Also written 鳥追【とりおい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile

Kun
お.う
On
ツイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
411 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

おい

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
2q6.4The Kanji Dictionary
3730.7Four corner code
877deroo
8ffdUnicode hex code
1-36-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4686Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6042New Nelson (John Haig)
3096New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3840Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1971Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2667Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1268Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1359Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
398A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
993Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
746Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38836PMorohashi
350A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1174Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1232Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280sakade
953Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
370henshall3
339Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
966Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
688Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1276Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhui1Pinyin reading
chu, toeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level