鸡(jī)

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 雞

fowl

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Character information

Pinyin
jī
Meaning
fowl; chicken; CL:只; (slang) prostitute
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
雞

Origin & structure

Where 鸡 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰又鸟

Another 又 kind of bird 鸟

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

又yòu鸟niǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 雞: Another 奚 kind of bird 隹

How to write 鸡 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 鸡

Common words using 鸡 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

gōng公jī鸡
HSK 6

cock; rooster

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mǔ母jī鸡
HSK 6

hen

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zǎi仔jī鸡

chick; baby chicken

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zuò做jī鸡

(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute

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tōu偷jī鸡mō摸gǒu狗

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)

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dāi呆ruò若mù木jī鸡

lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

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tǔ土jī鸡

free-range chicken

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dà大pán盘jī鸡

dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang

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公母仔做偷摸狗呆

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