Word Meaning 鶏鳴

けいめい keimei

鶏鳴 is read as けいめい (keimei) and means hour of the Ox (around 2am).

Meaning

English

  1. hour of the Ox (around 2am)
  2. crowing of a cock
  3. crowing of a rooster
  4. cockcrow
  5. dawn
  6. daybreak

Reading

Kana

けいめい

Romaji

keimei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 139108 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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鶏鳴狗盗

けいめいくとう

person who resorts to petty tricks

かけ

chicken meat

にわとり

chicken meat

とり

bird

鶏肉

けいにく

chicken meat

鶏卵

けいらん

hen's egg

鶏口牛後

けいこうぎゅうご

better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull

鶏小屋

とりごや

henhouse

雷鳴

らいめい

thunder

核磁気共鳴

かくじききょうめい

nuclear magnetic resonance

磁気共鳴

じききょうめい

magnetic resonance

軌道共鳴

きどうきょうめい

orbital resonance