The Japanese Radical: 鳥


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Meaning
bird    鳥

Explanation These radicals 鳥 and 隹 are equally used for "bird".

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 2
bird
tori, CHŌ

Image of a bird with head 白, wrings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬  
JLPT 3Joyo 2
non-human cry
naku, MEI
Left: mouth 口, right: a bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wrings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬)
Out of the mouth of the bird comes an animal's cry.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
island
shima,
Top: variation of bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬), bottom: mountain 山
What (only) a bird can reach and where a mountain is: An island.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
chicken (domesticated)
niwatori, KEI
Left: hand reaching down 爫, husband 夫, right: bird 鳥. ('niwa' means garden, thus "niwatori" is: "gardenbird")
(The chicken is domesticated but other birds would fly away when touched) The protecting hand of the husband is with the 'gardenbird': The chicken.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
recommend, advise, encourage
susumeru, komo, SEN
鹿
From top: plant 艹, var. of deer 鹿 (originally a pictograph, but not discernible), variation of bird 鳥
(These animals are clever and do not eat anything poisonous:) Plants eaten by deer and birds can be recommended.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
crane (the bird)
tsuru,
Left: bird 隹 with a comb 冖, right: bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wrings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬)
A bird with that comb is this bird: the crane.  

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