雄鶏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雄 鶏
お > おん
Grade: S		 とり > どり
Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

Perhaps from 雄鳥 (“male bird”). See also 鶏 (“chicken”, literally “garden bird”).

Noun

雄鶏 (hiragana おんどり, rōmaji ondori, historical hiragana をんどり)

  1. a rooster (male chicken; male gallinaceous bird)

See also
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