jmdict 1608640 Active (id#2316753)
雌鳥； 雌鶏； めん鶏 [sK] ； めん鳥 [sK]
【 めんどり； メンドリ [sk] 】
  1. (雌鳥 only) [n] [uk]
    • female bird
    Cross references:
    • ⇔ see: 1542550 雄鳥 1. male bird
  2. [n] [uk]
    《esp. 雌鶏》
    • hen (female chicken)
    Cross references:
    • ⇔ see: 1542550 雄鶏 2. cock; rooster
    • ⇐ see: 2862889 牝鶏【ひんけい】 1. hen
History:
    • A 2024-10-09 15:54:04 Robin Scott (id#2316753)
    • Diff
      @@ -27,0 +28 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1542550">雄鳥・1</xref>
@@ -32,0 +34 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1542550">雄鶏・2</xref>
    • A 2024-10-08 20:06:30 Jim Breen (id#2316610)
    • A* 2024-10-08 17:13:44 Robin Scott (id#2316595)
    • Comments
      雌鶏 isn't used for sense 1.
"hen" doesn't necessarily refer to a chicken.
Although this is [uk], I think a simple "esp." note is fine.
    • Refs
      smk: ニワトリの場合は、「雌鶏」とも書く
meikyo: ❶ めすの鳥。
          表記「雌鳥」と書く。
        ❷ めすのにわとり。
          表記②は、多く「雌鶏」と書く。
    • Diff
      @@ -23 +23 @@
-<re_nokanji/>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -25,0 +26 @@
+<stagk>雌鳥</stagk>
@@ -28 +28,0 @@
-<s_inf>usu. 雌鳥 when in kanji</s_inf>
@@ -34,2 +34,2 @@
-<s_inf>usu. 雌鶏 when in kanji</s_inf>
-<gloss>hen</gloss>
+<s_inf>esp. 雌鶏</s_inf>
+<gloss>hen (female chicken)</gloss>
    • A 2024-10-06 22:59:54 Jim Breen (id#2316156)
    • Comments
      OK, splitting. Trimming.
    • Diff
      @@ -11,4 +10,0 @@
-<keb>牝鶏</keb>
-<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
@@ -20,4 +15,0 @@
-<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>牝鳥</keb>
@@ -36 +28 @@
-<s_inf>usu. 雌鳥 when written with kanji</s_inf>
+<s_inf>usu. 雌鳥 when in kanji</s_inf>
@@ -42 +34 @@
-<s_inf>usu. 雌鶏 when written with kanji</s_inf>
+<s_inf>usu. 雌鶏 when in kanji</s_inf>
    • A* 2024-10-06 19:32:58 GM (id#2316137)
    • Refs
      明鏡国語辞典, 現代国語例解辞典

雌鳥　　  9,649  17.8% 
雌鶏　　  6,898  12.7% 
牝鶏　　  2,890   5.3% -sK, refs have it as ひんけい. I think we should split it off.
めん鶏　    765   1.4% -sK
めん鳥　    573   1.1% -sK
牝鳥　　    101   0.2% -sK, not in refs
めんどり 24,008  44.3% 
メンドリ  9,368  17.3%
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,0 +16 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -17,0 +20 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -20,0 +24 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -31,0 +36 @@
+<s_inf>usu. 雌鳥 when written with kanji</s_inf>
@@ -32,0 +38,5 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<s_inf>usu. 雌鶏 when written with kanji</s_inf>
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