鶏鳴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鶏	鳴
けい Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鷄鳴 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーめー [kèéméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

鶏(けい)鳴(めい) • (keimei) 

1. cry of a cock, or the resemblance of; cockcrowing
2. time of first cockcrowing, at around 2:00 am
3. (figurative) dawn, daybreak

Derived terms

• 鶏鳴狗盗(けいめいくとう) (keimeikutō)