鳥 (とり) Japanese meaning

鳥 (とり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

鶏とり肉にくN5sense 2
鶏肉 specifically means chicken meat, while 鳥 is a broader term that can refer to the meat of any bird, though it usually implies chicken.
小こ鳥とりN4
鳥 is the general word for any bird, while 小鳥 specifically means a small bird, often kept as a pet.
鳥ちょう類るい
鳥類 is the formal, scientific term for birds as a taxonomic class, while 鳥 is the ordinary everyday word for a bird.
飛ひ鳥ちょう
鳥 is the plain, everyday word for 'bird', while 飛鳥 is a literary term that specifically emphasizes a bird in flight.

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鳩はとN1
鳥 is the general term for any bird, while 鳩 specifically refers to pigeons and doves.
野や鳥ちょう
鳥 is the general word for any bird, whereas 野鳥 specifically stresses that the bird lives in the wild rather than being kept or caged.
バード
鳥 is the standard native Japanese word for a bird, while バード is an English loanword mostly seen in compounds and brand names.

鶏にわとりN3
鶏 refers specifically to the domestic chicken as a live animal, while 鳥 is the general word for any bird and only means 'chicken' contextually when referring to meat.
どり
鳥 (とり) means 'bird' itself, while どり refers specifically to a bird's lungs as a food item; the similar sound can confuse learners in menu contexts.
酉とり
酉 and 鳥 are both read とり, but 酉 is the zodiac/calendrical sign while 鳥 is the everyday word for 'bird'.

鳥とりUsage93%
Standard kanji for bird in general.
トリUsage6%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, often used in menus or casual contexts.
禽とりUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form for bird.
鶏とり

Native Japanese word. The kanji 鳥 is a pictograph of a bird.