Japanese Jouyou-kanji “鳥” means “Avian”, “Fowl” or “Poultry” etc.
| Words |
Meanings |
| 鳥瞰(ちょうかん-cho u ka n) |
Bird’s Eye View, High-angle view, Overhead view |
| 鳥瞰図(ちょうかんず-cho u ka n zu) |
Bird’s-eye view picture |
| 鳥銃(ちょうじゅう-cho u ju u) |
Fowling gun, Shotgun |
| 鳥獣(ちょうじゅう-cho u ju u) |
Birds and beasts |
| 鳥人(ちょうじん-cho u ji n) |
Aviator, Flying ace, Birdman, Ace pilot |
| 鳥声(ちょうせい-cho u se i) |
Bird’s song, Bird’s voice |
| 鳥跡(ちょうせき-cho u se ki) |
① Footprints of a bird, ② Kanji, Character |
| 鳥媒(ちょうばい-cho u ba i) |
Ornithophily, Ornithophilous |
| 鳥目(ちょうもく-cho u mo ku) |
Cash, Money, Coin, Coins with holes |
| 鳥目(とりめ-to ri me) |
Nyctalopia, Night-blindness |
| 鳥類(ちょうるい-cho u ru i) |
Birds, Aves |
| 鳥屋(とや-to ya) |
① Hen-coop, Chicken coop, Hen house, ② Bird dealer, Poulterer |
| 鳥居(とりい-to ri i) |
Torii, Gateway at the entrance to a Shinto shrine, Front guard frame |
| 鳥打ち帽(とりうちぼう-to ri u chi bo u) |
Hunting cap, Flat cap |
| 鳥追い(とりおい-to ri o i) |
① 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 Street entertainer who appeared on New Year’s eve and performed with a fan |
| 鳥兜(とりかぶと-to ri ka bu to) |
① Aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), Wolfsbane, Monkshood, ② Traditional bugaku hat |
| 鳥毛(とりげ-to ri ge) |
Plumage, Feathers |
| 鳥刺し(とりさし-to ri sa shi) |
① Sliced raw chicken meat, Chicken sashimi, ② Catching birds (using a birdlime-covered pole), Bird catcher |
| 鳥なき里の蝙蝠(とりなきさとのこうもり-to ri na ki sa to no ko u mo ri) |
In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king, a bat in a village without birds |
| 鳥の子紙(とりのこがみ-to ri no ko ga mi) |
Torinoko paper (a strong smooth type of Japanese paper) |
| 鳥肌(とりはだ-to ri ha da) |
Goosebumps, Goose pimples, Goose flesh |
| 海鳥(かいちょう-ka i cho u) |
Seabird, Sea fowl |
| 害鳥(がいちょう-ga i cho u) |
Vermin, Injurious bird |
| 花鳥(かちょう-ka cho u) |
Flowers and birds |
| 窮鳥(きゅうちょう-kyu u cho u) |
Cornered bird, Bird in distress |
| 駝鳥(だちょう-da cho u) |
Ostrich (Struthio camelus) |
| 白鳥(はくちょう-ha ku cho u) |
Swan |
| 水鳥(みずどり-mi zu do ri) |
Waterfowl, Water bird, Shorebird |
| 山鳥(やまどり-ya ma do ri) |
① Copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii), ② Mountain bird |
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