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Kanji鶏
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鶏

鶏 in Japanese names

chicken

Strokes19
ClassificationJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
KANJIDIC grade8
Name readings (nanori)0
KANJIDIC frequency rank: 1,901This is a general character-frequency field from KANJIDIC2, not a ranking of popularity in personal names.
JMnedict source rows31
Distinct written forms26
Given-name readings17
Surname readings13

These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.

On readings
ケイ
Kun readings
にわとりとり
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 鶏

chicken

These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.

Name-use context

How 鶏 appears inside recorded Japanese names

The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 鶏 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.

Given names10 written forms
1 character0
2 characters9
3 characters1
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 鶏 within the main given names corpus.

Surnames5 written forms
1 character0
2 characters4
3 characters1
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 鶏 within the main surnames corpus.

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

11 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
鶏子けいこKeiko141
鶏二けいじKeiji107
鶏介けいすけKeisuke86
鶏一けいいちKeīchi34
鶏一郎けいいちろうKeīchirō33
鶏太けいたKeita25
鶏也けいやKeiya12
鶏篭けいろうKeirō9
鶏肋けいろくKeiroku5
水鶏くいなKuina3
水鶏すいけいSuikei3

Recorded surname forms and full-name readings

7 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
鶏内かいちKaichi10
鶏冠とさかTosaka9
鶏冠かいでKaide7
鶏冠井かいでKaide7
鶏徳けいとくKeitoku6
鶏内とりうちToriuchi3
鶏田けいたKeita3

“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.

Position profile

Where 鶏 appears in recorded name spellings

Position counts are calculated from source-recorded JMnedict forms included in the public reference. A spelling containing the same kanji more than once can contribute to more than one position category, so the position counts are not percentages and do not need to sum to the total.

Given names11 source rows
One-character form0
First character9
Final character2
Internal position0

10 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Surnames7 source rows
One-character form0
First character7
Final character0
Internal position0

5 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 鶏

These characters occur with 鶏 inside the same published JMnedict written-form records. A companion is highlighted only after at least two distinct written forms; this is corpus co-occurrence, not popularity or proof of a fixed semantic compound.

Name discovery

Other names using 鶏

These groups come directly from source-recorded JMnedict forms containing this character. Ordering reflects coverage inside the imported corpus, not real-world popularity.

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Character data and name data stay separate

KANJIDIC2 supplies the readings, nanori, stroke count, frequency field, grade classification and English character glosses. JMnedict supplies the example personal-name records. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for current child-name character rules.

Source boundary

KANJIDIC2 supplies the character metadata. The jōyō/jinmeiyō grade interpretation is a reference layer; the Ministry of Justice remains the controlling official source for child-name character rules. Example names are imported from JMnedict.

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