Meaning of 鳥居(とりい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 鳥居 JLPT 1

Kana Reading とりい

Romaji torii

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

torii (Shinto shrine archway)

Examples of 鳥居, とりい in a sentence

鳥居と言うと、階段を上がったところにあった赤いオブジェ？

By 'Torii' you mean that red objet d'art at the top of the steps?

Related Kanji

鳥 JLPT 4

11 strokes

bird, chicken

On'Yomi: チョウ

Kun'Yomi: とり

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居 JLPT 3

8 strokes

reside, to be, exist, live with

On'Yomi: キョ, コ

Kun'Yomi: い.る, -い, お.る

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