Chinese Character 雞 Meanings and components.

Form

雞

Meaning

雞 meaning[3] in English

Fowl.

Chicken.

Cl:隻|只[Zhi1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 雞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Xi (奚) , and short-tailed bird (隹)

Its radical[1] is: 隹 (zhui1) which means: Short-Tailed Bird, .隹zhui1short-tailed bird

In cangjie it is written with BKOG

How to write 雞

To write雞ji1fowl you should write a combination of 奚xi1surname Xi , 隹zhui1short-tailed bird arranged in a 吅 shape:

奚 + 隹 = 雞

雞 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 雞 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 雞, looks as follow:

雞
Pinyin:ji1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Fowl . Chicken . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1] . (Slang) Prostitute
奚
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
爪
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: Foot Of A Bird Or Animal . Paw . Claws . Talons
𡗞
Pinyin:xi1 Shape:吕
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
隹
Pinyin:zhui1
Meaning[3]: Short-Tailed Bird

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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