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])[1]
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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