# 鶏 — Chicken

Frequency rank 1420 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 拶 (Draw Close), less common than 覗 (Peep in).

- On’yomi: けい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 鳥 Bird (Kangxi 196)
- Frequency path: Level XI of XX

A bird on the left, a husband and a cliff on the right — a bird that follows the husband around the cliff is the chicken, the domesticated fowl of the farmyard.

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