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鷄
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chicken (iii)

HSK 10
Human →Body
jī
ケイ
にわとり、とり
계
Components
奚 where? what? how? why?+ 鳥 bird =
鷄 chicken (iii)
奚 Phonetic component
xī where? what? how? why?
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
徯 wait for溪 creek谿 gorge蹊 trail雞 chicken (trad)鞵 high-heels鼷 a mouse梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)鴈 wild-goose (archaic)鴉 raven (trad)鴒 species (trad)鴔 bird (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)
鷄
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鷄 [jī]
variant of 雞|鸡[jī]
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?
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
⭐ 鶏 [にわとり] #8,955
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
⭐ 鶏卵 [けいらん] #61,148
hen's egg
牝鶏 [ひんけい]
hen
KOREAN WORDS (1)
계란 #4,900
egg