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雞
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷
鸡
🇨🇳
鶏
🇯🇵

chicken

HSK 10 N1
Nature →Animals →Birds
jī
ケイ
にわとり、とり
Originally was a pictograph of a chicken. Later changed to a phonosemantic compound of 奚 and 隹 (bird).
Components
Traditional (雞)
奚 where? what? how? why?+ 隹 Short-Tailed Bird =
雞 chicken
奚 Phonetic component
xī where? what? how? why?
View phonetic series →
隹 Meaning component
zhuī Short-Tailed Bird
bird
Simplified (鸡)
又 again+ 鸟 bird =
鸡 chickens
又 Simplified component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Shorthand form of the 奚 component in the traditional character 雞.
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
Japanese (鶏)
爫 claw (top)+ 夫 husband+ 鳥 bird =
鶏 chicken
爫
爫
claw (top)
夫
夫
husband
鳥
鳥
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
徯 wait for溪 creek谿 gorge蹊 trail鞵 high-heels鷄 chicken (iii) (trad)鼷 a mouse奪 take by force (trad/jp)奮 exert oneself (trad/jp)寉 crane羅 silk gauze (trad/jp)進 advance (trad/jp)隺 crane隼 falcon隽 outstanding (simp)集 gather雈 owl雋 talented (trad)雔 match雙 pair (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
雞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸡 / 雞 [jī]
fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhī]; (slang) prostitute
Japanese
鶏 にわとり 、 とり 、 かけ (old) 、 くたかけ (old) 、 ニワトリ 同音

noun

  1. chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken
  2. chicken meat
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
肥えた鶏は卵を産まない。
Fat hens lay few eggs.
この鶏の唐揚げをそのままにしておくのですか。
Are you going to let this fried chicken go begging?
CHINESE WORDS (200)
鸡蛋 [jī​dàn] #3,073
(chicken) egg
鸡肉 [jī​ròu] #4,053
chicken meat
火鸡 [huǒ​jī] #4,169
turkey
鸡尾酒 [jī​wěi​jiǔ] #4,428
cocktail (loanword)
小鸡 [xiǎo​jī] #10,523
chick
公鸡 [gōng​jī] #12,447
cock
鸡皮疙瘩 [jī​pí​gē​da] #10,288
goose pimples
母鸡 [mǔ​jī] #15,232
hen
炸鸡 [zhá​jī] #9,806
fried chicken
鸡汤 [jī​tāng] #16,571
chicken stock
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JAPANESE WORDS (111)
⭐ 鳥 [とり] #1,707
bird
⭐ 鶏 [にわとり] #8,955
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
⭐ 鶏肉 [とりにく] #16,369
chicken meat
⭐ 焼き鳥 [やきとり] #22,294
yakitori
七面鳥 [しちめんちょう] #46,465
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
風見鶏 [かざみどり] #57,802
weather vane
鶏小屋 [にわとりごや] #60,462
henhouse
雄鶏 [おんどり] #60,626
male bird
⭐ 鶏卵 [けいらん] #61,148
hen's egg
地鳥 [じどり] #70,055
nationally protected chicken breed
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