勉強 / 漢字 / 鳥

チョウ

とり

bird; chicken

Grade Level 2

11 Strokes

Words

鳥頭

とりあたま とりがしら

  • being very forgetful; having a bad memory n col
  • long sword with birds' heads carved on the pommel n abbr
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鳥居前町

とりいぜんちょう

  • town originally built around a Shinto shrine n
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浮寝鳥

うきねどり

  • waterfowl sleeping while floating on water n
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寒苦鳥

かんくちょう かんくどり かんくとり

  • cold-suffering bird; kankuchō; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes n Buddh
  • (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori n Buddh id derog
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三柱鳥居

みつばしらとりい みつはしらとりい

  • triangular three-pillar torii n
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