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)

cry of a cock, or the resemblance of; cockcrowing
time of first cockcrowing, at around 2:00 am
(figurative) dawn, daybreak

Derived terms

鶏鳴狗盗(けいめいくとう) (keimeikutō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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