雞

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See also: 鷄, 鶏, and 鸡
雞 U+96DE, 雞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96DE
← 雝
[U+96DD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雟 →
[U+96DF]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 雞
Simplified 鸡
Japanese 鶏
Korean 鷄

Han character[edit]

雞 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月大人土 (BKOG), four-corner 20414, composition ⿰奚隹)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1369, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42124
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1875, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4105, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+96DE

Chinese[edit]

trad. 雞/鷄
simp. 鸡
alternative forms 鳼／𪉃
鳮
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Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (奚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謑 *qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎 *ɡreː
鞵 *ɡreː
榽 *ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄 *keː
雞 *keː
谿 *kʰeː
嵠 *kʰeː
溪 *kʰeː
磎 *kʰeː
螇 *kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂 *kʰeː
奚 *ɡeː
豯 *ɡeː
徯 *ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊 *ɡeː
騱 *ɡeː
傒 *ɡeː
鼷 *ɡeː
蒵 *ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕 *ɡeː
慀 *ɡeːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keː) : phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː) + semantic 隹 (“short-tailed bird”).

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Vietic *r-kaa (> Vietnamese gà), Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi.

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Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • koe - vernacular;
    • ke - literary.
Rime
Character 雞
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古奚切
Baxter kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛj/
Li
Rong 		/kei/
Wang
Li 		/kiei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雞
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kej ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁe/
English fowl, chicken

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雞
Reading # 1/1
No. 13357
Phonetic
component 		奚
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		雞
Old
Chinese 		/*keː/

Definitions[edit]

雞

  1. chicken; fowl (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
    雞肉／鸡肉  ―  jīròu  ―  chicken meat
    雞蛋／鸡蛋  ―  jīdàn  ―  chicken egg
  2. 10th of the Chinese zodiac animals (rooster)
  3. (slang) female prostitute
    Coordinate term: 鴨／鸭 (yā)
    做雞／做鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  zou6 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to be a prostitute
  4. (slang) penis
  5. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) whistle
    吹雞／吹鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  ceoi1 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to blow a whistle
    銀雞／银鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  ngan4 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  silver whistle
  6. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Hokkien) trigger (of a gun)
    摱雞／摱鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  maan1 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to pull the trigger
  7. (Cantonese) weak; useless
  8. (Cantonese, non-productive) Suffix for adjectives describing a weak or useless person.
    弱雞／弱鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  joek6 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  weak; wimpy
    揗雞／揗鸡 [Cantonese]  ―  tan4 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  9. (Cantonese) to fire; to sack
  10. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 笄

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 雞 (“chicken (animal)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 雞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 雞
Taxonomic name 雞
Mandarin Beijing 雞, 雞子
Taiwan 雞
Harbin 雞
Yantai (Muping) 雞
Jinan 雞
Luoyang 雞兒
Wanrong 雞
Xi'an 雞
Dingbian 雞
Yinchuan 雞
Lanzhou 雞兒
Xining 雞兒, 雞
Ürümqi 雞
Wuhan 雞子
Chengdu 雞, 雞咯咯 childish
Guiyang 雞
Guilin 雞
Liuzhou 雞
Xuzhou 雞
Yangzhou 雞子
Nanjing 雞
Malaysia 雞
Singapore 雞
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 雞
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 雞
Cantonese Guangzhou 雞
Hong Kong 雞
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 雞
Macau 雞
Guangzhou (Panyu) 雞
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 雞
Guangzhou (Conghua) 雞
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 雞
Foshan 雞
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 雞
Foshan (Shunde) 雞
Foshan (Sanshui) 雞
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 雞
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 雞
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 雞
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 雞
Zhuhai (Doumen) 雞
Jiangmen (Baisha) 雞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 雞
Taishan 雞
Kaiping (Chikan) 雞
Enping (Niujiang) 雞
Heshan (Yayao) 雞
Dongguan 雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 雞
Qingyuan 雞
Fogang 雞
Yingde (Hanguang) 雞
Yangshan 雞
Lianshan (Butian) 雞
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 雞
Shaoguan 雞
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 雞
Renhua 雞
Lechang 雞
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 雞
Sihui 雞
Guangning 雞
Deqing 雞
Huaiji 雞
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 雞
Yunfu 雞
Xinxing 雞
Luoding 雞
Yunan (Pingtai) 雞
Xinyi 雞
Lianjiang 雞
Nanning 雞
Wuzhou 雞
Yulin 雞
Hepu (Lianzhou) 雞
Dongxing 雞
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 雞
Penang (Guangfu) 雞
Singapore (Guangfu) 雞
Gan Nanchang 雞
Lichuan 雞
Pingxiang 雞
Hakka Meixian 雞
Xingning 雞哩
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 雞
Dongguan (Qingxi) 雞
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 雞
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 雞
Conghua (Lütian) 雞
Yudu 雞
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 雞仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 雞仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 雞仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 雞
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 雞仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 雞
Luchuan (Daqiao) 雞
Kuching (Hepo) 雞
Huizhou Jixi 雞
Jin Taiyuan 雞兒, 雞
Pingyao 雞
Xinzhou 雞兒
Hohhot 雞子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 雞, 雞囝
Fuqing 雞
Matsu 雞
Southern Min Xiamen 雞, 雞仔, 雞喌
Quanzhou 雞, 雞仔
Yongchun 雞
Zhangzhou 雞, 雞仔, 雞喌 childish
Taipei 雞
New Taipei (Sanxia) 雞
Kaohsiung 雞
Tainan 雞仔
Kinmen 雞
Penghu (Magong) 雞
Penang (Hokkien) 雞
Singapore (Hokkien) 雞
Manila (Hokkien) 雞
Pingnan (Shangdu) 雞
Chaozhou 雞
Shantou 雞
Jieyang 雞
Singapore (Teochew) 雞
Wenchang 雞
Haikou 雞
Singapore (Hainanese) 雞
Central Min Yanping (Wangtai) 雞
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 雞
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 雞
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 雞
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 雞
Wu Shanghai 雞, 喔喔雞 childish, 咯咯雞 childish
Shanghai (Chongming) 雞
Suzhou 雞
Danyang 雞
Hangzhou 雞
Ningbo 雞, 咯咯雞 childish
Wenzhou 雞
Jinhua 雞
Xiang Changsha 雞, 雞咯咯 childish, 雞喌喌 childish
Loudi 雞
Quanzhou 雞
Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Mandarin Beijing 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
Taiwan 妓女, 婊子
Harbin 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
Yantai (Muping) 婊子, 賣窯子的
Jinan 窯姐
Xi'an 窯子
Yinchuan 婊子, 娼婦
Lanzhou 婊子, 窯子
Xining 馬班子
Ürümqi 婊子
Wuhan 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
Chengdu 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
Guiyang 婊子, 娼妓
Kunming 爛使, 皮旦
Liuzhou 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
Yangzhou 婊子, 姑娘 dated
Nanjing 婊子
Malaysia 雞
Singapore 妓女, 雞
Dagudi (Maliba) 賣屄人
Reshuitang (Longling) 賣屄人
Mae Salong (Lancang) 妓女, 賣屄婆
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 賣屄人
Cantonese Guangzhou 老舉, 野雞, 雞
Hong Kong 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 老舉
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 老舉
Macau 老舉, 雞
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老舉
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老舉
Foshan 老舉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老舉
Foshan (Shunde) 老舉
Foshan (Sanshui) 老舉
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老舉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老舉
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 老舉
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 老舉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老舉, 雞
Taishan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Kaiping (Chikan) 老舉, 雞
Enping (Niujiang) 老舉, 雞
Heshan (Yayao) 老舉
Dongguan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老舉
Xinyi 老舉
Nanning 老妓
Rongxian 雞
Hepu (Lianzhou) 老舉婆
Hepu (Shatian) 老契
Guiping 老舉
Guiping (Mule) 雞
Pingnan 雞
Guigang (Gangcheng) 老舉, 雞
Guigang (Pingdong) 老舉
Beihai 老舉
Beihai (Nankang) 老舉
Beihai (Yingpan) 老舉婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 老舉, 雞婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 老舉
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 雞婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Singapore (Guangfu) 雞
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 老舉
Móng Cái 老舉
Yangon (Taishan) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Mandalay (Taishan) 女妓
Bangkok (Guangfu) 老舉, 雞
Betong (Rongxian) 雞
Gan Nanchang 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
Lichuan 婊子
Pingxiang 婊子
Hakka Meixian 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Xingning 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
Huiyang 老舉
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老舉嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老舉嫲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 老舉
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Huacheng) 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Wuhua (Changbu) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Mianyang) 雞婆, 老舉嫲
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 老舉
Conghua (Lütian) 老舉
Yudu 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 賺食嫲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 賺食嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 賺食嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 賺食嫲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
Hong Kong 老舉嫲
Senai (Huiyang) 老舉, 雞
Huizhou Jixi 婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin Taiyuan 婊子, 窯子裡的
Xinzhou 婊子
Northern Min Jian'ou 妓嫲
Jianyang 妓嫲
Wuyishan 婊子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 白面, 白面哥
Changle 白面哥
Fuqing 婊
Yongtai 白面
Gutian 做婊子
Fu'an 白面
Ningde 白面
Shouning 婊囝
Zhouning 婊囝
Fuding 花娘
Matsu 白面
Southern Min Xiamen 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
Quanzhou 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
Zhangzhou 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
Taipei 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Taipei (Wanhua) 趁食查某
New Taipei (Tamsui) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
New Taipei (Sanxia) 趁食查某, 豆菜底
New Taipei (Pingxi) 趁食查某
Kaohsiung 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
Yilan 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Yilan (Toucheng) 趁食查某
Changhua (Lukang) 趁食查某
Taichung 趁食查某
Taichung (Wuqi) 趁食查某
Tainan 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
Tainan (Anping) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
Taitung 趁食查某
Hsinchu 趁食查某
Kinmen 趁食查某, 相楗的
Penghu (Magong) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
Penghu (Xiyu) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
Penang (Hokkien) 歹查某, 雞
Singapore (Hokkien) 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
Manila (Hokkien) 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
Pingnan (Shangdu) 老妓
Chaozhou 娼, 雞
Shantou 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
Jieyang 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
Haifeng 雞, 查某娼
Bangkok (Teochew) 妓女, 雞
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 老衍
Hat Yai (Teochew) 妓女
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 妓女
Leizhou 娘
Haikou 娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min Putian 貨𨈘
Xianyou 貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 老舉
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu Shanghai 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
Shanghai (Chongming) 婊子, 野雞
Suzhou 婊子, 妓女
Danyang 婊子
Hangzhou 婊子, 妓女
Ningbo 花佬, 婊子
Wenzhou 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
Jinhua 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang Changsha 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
Loudi 婊子, 娼婦
Quanzhou 妓女
Dialectal synonyms of 哨子 (“whistle”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 哨子
Mandarin Beijing 哨兒, 叫雞子
Taiwan 哨子
Jinan 哨子
Xi'an 哨子
Wuhan 叫珠
Chengdu 哨子, 吹吹兒, 哨哨兒, 叫叫兒
Yangzhou 叫子
Hefei 哨子
Singapore 哨子
Cantonese Guangzhou 雞
Hong Kong 雞, BB, 哨子
Yangjiang 雞
Gan Nanchang 叫骨子
Hakka Meixian 簫仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 雞
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 嗶嗶仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 嗶嗶仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 嗶嗶仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 嗶嗶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 嗶嗶仔, 吧嗶仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嗶仔
Jin Taiyuan 哨兒, 哨子
Northern Min Jian'ou 哨仔, 觱觱仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 觱觱響, 哨子
Southern Min Xiamen 觱仔, 委瑣
Quanzhou 觱仔, 觱觱仔, 委瑣
Zhangzhou 觱仔, 委瑣
Taipei 觱觱仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 咑觱仔
Kaohsiung 觱仔
Yilan 觱觱仔
Changhua (Lukang) 觱觱仔
Taichung 觱仔
Tainan 觱仔
Hsinchu 觱觱仔
Kinmen 觱仔
Penghu (Magong) 觱仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 觱仔
Chaozhou 觱
Shantou 技糾
Jieyang 觱, 觱囝
Wu Shanghai 叫扁, 叫子
Suzhou 叫叫, 叫鞭
Wenzhou 吹兒, 哨子, 叫子
Xiang Changsha 叫珠子, 叫子
Shuangfeng 叫子
Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Mandarin Taiwan 解僱, 炒魷魚
Wanrong 開銷
Chengdu 開銷, 開除
Liuzhou 炒魷魚
Singapore 開除, 炒魷魚
Cantonese Guangzhou 炒魷魚
Hong Kong 炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 雞
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 除職
Macau 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Conghua) 炒魷魚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 辭退
Foshan 炒魷魚
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 炒魷魚
Foshan (Shunde) 炒魷魚
Foshan (Sanshui) 炒魷魚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 唔使
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 炒魷魚
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 炒魷魚
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 唔請
Zhuhai (Doumen) 唔請
Jiangmen (Baisha) 炒魷魚, 唔請
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 唔請
Taishan 唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒
Kaiping (Chikan) 唔請, 炒魷魚
Enping (Niujiang) 唔請
Heshan (Yayao) 辭工
Dongguan 炒魷魚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 炒魷魚
Singapore (Guangfu) 炒魷魚
Gan Pingxiang 開銷
Hakka Meixian 辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪
Dongguan (Qingxi) 炒魷魚
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 炒魷魚
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 炒魷魚
Conghua (Lütian) 解僱
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 解僱
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 解僱
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 解僱
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 解僱
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 解僱
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 辭
Southern Min Xiamen 辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
Zhao'an 辭退
Tainan 辭頭路
Singapore (Hokkien) 卜頭路
Shantou 解僱, 炒鰇魚
Jieyang 清, 炒鰇魚
Haifeng 炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 除工
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 炒魷魚
Wu Shanghai 炒魷魚
Hangzhou 回報
Xiang Changsha 開銷

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Indonesian: ayam (“prostitute”) (semantic loan)
  • →? Proto-Tai: *kajᴮ (see there for further descendants)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai
(extended)

𨿸

Kyūjitai

雞

Kanji[edit]

雞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𨿸)

  1. chicken (domesticated fowl)
  2. bird

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology 1[edit]

For the niwatori reading:

Kanji in this term
雞
にわとり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 雞 – see the following entry.
【鶏にわとり】S
[noun] a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Alternative spelling
ニワトリ
【鶏かけ】S
[noun] a chicken (domesticated fowl)
【鶏とり】S
[noun] Alternative spelling of 鳥 (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat
(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2[edit]

For the tori reading:

Kanji in this term
雞
とり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 雞 – see the following entry.
【鶏にわとり】S
[noun] a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Alternative spelling
ニワトリ
【鶏かけ】S
[noun] a chicken (domesticated fowl)
【鶏とり】S
[noun] Alternative spelling of 鳥 (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat
(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3[edit]

For the kake reading:

Kanji in this term
雞
かけ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 雞 – see the following entry.
【鶏にわとり】S
[noun] a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Alternative spelling
ニワトリ
【鶏かけ】S
[noun] a chicken (domesticated fowl)
【鶏とり】S
[noun] Alternative spelling of 鳥 (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat
(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References[edit]

  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

雞 (eumhun 닭 계 (dak gye))

  1. Hanja form? of 계 (“chicken”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

雞: Nôm readings: gà[1]
雞: Hán Nôm readings: kê[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. chicken

References[edit]

  1. ^ Trần (2004).
  2. ^ Bonet (1899).
  3. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  5. ^ Trần (1999).
  6. ^ Trần (2004).
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