Chinese Character 鸡 Meanings and components.

Form

鸡

Meaning

鸡 meaning[3] in English

Fowl.

Chicken.

Cl:隻|只[Zhi1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鸡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (once) again (又) , and variant of 屌[diao3] (鸟)

Its radical[1] is: 鳥 (niao3) which means: Variant Of 屌[Diao3], Penis, .鳥niao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with EPYM

How to write 鸡

To write鸡ji1fowl you should write a combination of 又you4(once) again , 鸟niao3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

又 + 鸟 = 鸡

鸡 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鸡
Pinyin:ji1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Fowl . Chicken . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1] . (Slang) Prostitute
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway
鸟
Pinyin:niao3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 屌[Diao3] . Penis

Notes

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

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

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