Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.
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The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 雞 is filed under 隹 (short tailed bird) — radical number 172 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.
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雞 means Chickens, Domestic Fowl.
雞 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) けい; kun'yomi (native Japanese) にわとり、とり.
雞 is written with 18 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.
The radical of 雞 is 隹 (short tailed bird), radical number 172 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.
Common words written with 雞 include 水雞 (クイナ, rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)); 闘雞 (トーケー, cockfight, fighting cock); 阿輩雞弥 (オーキミ, monarch; shogun (of the Tokugawa government)).
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