Word Meaning 鶏卵

けいらん keiran

鶏卵 is read as けいらん (keiran) and means hen's egg.

Meaning

English

hen's egg

Reading

Kana

けいらん

Romaji

keiran

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Rank 10844 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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鶏卵素麺

けいらんそうめん

sweet of egg yolks drawn into strands and boiled in sugar syrup (orig. from Portugal)

卵用鶏

らんようけい

egg-laying hen

採卵鶏

さいらんけい

egg-laying hen

鶏

にわとり

chicken meat

鶏

とり

bird

鶏肉

とりにく

chicken meat

排卵

はいらん

ovulation

文士の卵

ぶんしのたまご

hatching writer

卵

たまご

(an expert) in the making

産卵

さんらん

egg-laying

受精卵

じゅせいらん

fertilized egg

生卵

なまたまご

raw egg

Example Sentences

鶏と鶏卵、どちらが先にできたと思いますか？

What do you think came first: the chicken or the egg?

鶏卵は、うずら卵よりビタミンAが豊富です。

Chicken eggs are richer in vitamin A than quail eggs.

この農場の鶏卵は殻の色が濃く、卵黄が特に美味しいです。

The eggs from this farm have darker shells, and the yolks are exceptionally rich.

鶏卵生産におけるサルモネラ汚染を防止することが必要です。

It is essential to prevent salmonella contamination in hen egg production.