禽

Glyph origin
In oracle bone inscriptions, of a net, originally the same character as  and. In bronze inscriptions, the phonetic component was added, making the character. This form was borrowed for its modern meaning, and the original meaning of "capture" came to be represented by.

In the modern form, has corrupted into  and  into. Compare with.

Definitions

 * 1)  birds and beasts
 * 2) birds ; fowl

Kanji

 * 1) bird
 * 2)  chicken

Compounds

 * : domestic fowl, poultry

Usage notes
Rarely used in modern Japanese. The character is used instead to spell the tori reading.