漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
鶏: chicken
JLPT N119 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 奚(sound)
- 鳥bird(meaning)
鳥 carries the meaning · 奚 gives the sound
19 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 養鶏ようけいpoultry raising; poultry farming
- 鶏卵けいらん
にわとりniwatori · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鶏にわとりchicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
とりtori · kun'yomi
- 鶏肉とりにくchicken meat
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the bird perched on a branch, ready to take flight! The top horizontal line is the head, the box with a dot is the sharp eye, and the strokes below show the beautiful feathers of the wings and tail.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 鸡 · traditional 鷄 · jī
Three different forms: Japanese 鶏, simplified 鸡, traditional 鷄.
- Simplified
- 鸡 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鷄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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