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Meaning of 鶏口(けいこう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 鶏口

Kana Reading けいこう

Romaji keikō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

mouth of a chicken

Example sentence

鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ。 Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Examples of 鶏口, けいこう in a sentence

鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ。

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

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Kanji in this word

鶏 JLPT 1

19 strokes

chicken

On'Yomi: ケイ

Kun'Yomi: にわとり, とり

口 JLPT 5

3 strokes

mouth

On'Yomi: コウ, ク

Kun'Yomi: くち

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