Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 千鳥(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. CHEE-DO-RI [key] Meaning & History Directly taken from Japanese 千鳥 (chidori) meaning "plover", a type of wading bird. The individual kanji mean 千 (chi) "a thousand" and 鳥 (dori) "bird". This name has been heavily used for female characters in manga and anime.