Chinese Character Wiki

鷄

jī

chicken

Components
奚 sound component

奚  Sound component

xī

  

where? what? how? why?

鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

bird

Evolution

鷄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鷄 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鷄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鷄 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
鷄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鷄  

jī

chicken; variant of 雞|鸡[jī]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

鸂

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

鸂

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤe

kej

jī

fowl, chicken


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Unicode

U+9DC4

Shuowen

“雞，知時畜也。从隹，奚聲。鷄，籀文雞从鳥。”


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