青鶏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	鶏
せい Grade: 1	けい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑鷄 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 青 (sei, “blue-green”) +‎ 鶏 (kei, “chicken”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーけー [sèékéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

青(せい)鶏(けい) or 青鶏(セイケイ) • (seikei) 

1. a western swamphen

See also

• 青(アオ)鶏(ゲイ)頭(トウ) (aogeitō)