雞
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Translingual
| Traditional | 雞 |
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| Simplified | 鸡 |
| Japanese | 鶏 |
| Korean | 鷄 |
Han character
雞 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月大人土 (BKOG), four-corner 20414, composition ⿰奚隹)
Derived characters
- 𤄬, 𤣕, 𭌲, 𧄰
References
- KangXi: 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
| trad. | 雞/鷄 | |
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| simp. | 鸡 | |
| alternative forms | 鳼／𪉃 鳮 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (奚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *keː) : phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː) + semantic 隹 (“short-tailed bird”).
Etymology
Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Vietic *r-kaa (> Vietnamese gà), Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
雞
- chicken; fowl
- 雞棲于塒、日之夕矣、羊牛下來。……
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jī qī yú shí, rì zhī xī yǐ, yángniú xiàlái.......
Jī qī yú jié, rì zhī xī yǐ, yángniú xiàguā. [Pinyin] - The fowls roost in their holes in the walls; and in the evening of the day, the goats and cows come down [from the hill]. [...]
The fowls roost on their perches; and in the evening of the day, the goats and cows come down and home.
雞棲于桀、日之夕矣、羊牛下括。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
鸡栖于埘、日之夕矣、羊牛下来。……
鸡栖于桀、日之夕矣、羊牛下括。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- 10th of the Chinese zodiac animals (rooster)
- (slang) female prostitute
- (slang) penis
- (Cantonese) whistle
- (Cantonese, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou Hokkien) trigger (of a gun)
- (Cantonese) weak; useless
- (Cantonese, non-productive) Suffix for adjectives describing a weak or useless person.
- (Cantonese) to fire; to remove from position
- (Cantonese) Alternative form of 笄.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]
Compounds
Derived terms from 雞
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Descendants
See also
References
- “雞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Readings
Etymology 1
For the niwatori reading:
| Kanji in this term |
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| 雞 |
| にわとり Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
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| (This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.) |
Etymology 2
For the tori reading:
| Kanji in this term |
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| 雞 |
| とり Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
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Etymology 3
For the kake reading:
| Kanji in this term |
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| 雞 |
| かけ Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
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Vietnamese
References
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Thiều Chửu (1942).
- Nguyễn (1974).
- Trần (1999).
- Trần (2004).
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