雞

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

Translingual
Traditional 雞
Simplified 鸡
Japanese 鶏
Korean 鷄

Han character

雞 (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: volume 6, page 4105, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+96DE

Chinese
trad. 雞/鷄
simp. 鸡

Glyph origin
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, OC *keː) : phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː) + semantic 隹 (“short-tailed bird”).

Etymology

Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Vietic *r-kaa (> Vietnamese gà).

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Pronunciation
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
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
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

雞

  1. chicken; fowl; poultry
    雞肉 / 鸡肉  ―  jīròu  ―  chicken meat
    雞蛋 / 鸡蛋  ―  jīdàn  ―  chicken egg
  2. 10th of the Chinese zodiac animals (rooster)
  3. domestic fowl
  4. (slang) female prostitute
  5. (slang) penis
  6. (Cantonese) whistle
  7. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) trigger (of a gun)

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 雞 (“chicken (animal)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 雞
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 雞
Taxonomic name 雞
Mandarin Beijing 雞
Taiwan 雞
Harbin 雞
Jinan 雞
Muping 雞
Luoyang 雞兒
Wanrong 雞
Xi'an 雞
Xining 雞兒, 雞
Xuzhou 雞
Yinchuan 雞
Lanzhou 雞兒
Ürümqi 雞
Wuhan 雞子
Chengdu 雞
Guiyang 雞
Guilin 雞
Liuzhou 雞
Yangzhou 雞子
Nanjing 雞
Cantonese Guangzhou 雞
Hong Kong 雞
Shunde 雞
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 雞
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 雞
Taishan 雞
Kaiping (Chikan) 雞
Dongguan 雞
Shaoguan 雞
Yunfu 雞
Xinyi 雞
Lianjiang 雞
Nanning 雞
Wuzhou 雞
Yulin 雞
Hepu 雞
Gan Nanchang 雞
Lichuan 雞
Pingxiang 雞
Hakka Meixian 雞
Luchuan 雞
Yudu 雞
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 雞仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 雞仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 雞仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 雞
Hsinchu (Raoping) 雞仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 雞
Huizhou Jixi 雞
Jin Taiyuan 雞兒
Xinzhou 雞兒
Hohhot 雞子
Min Dong Fuzhou 雞, 雞囝
Fuqing 雞
Matsu 雞
Min Nan Xiamen 雞, 雞仔, 雞喌
Quanzhou 雞, 雞仔
Zhangzhou 雞, 雞仔, 雞喌 childish
Taipei 雞, 雞仔
Kaohsiung 雞, 雞仔
Penang 雞
Philippines (Manila) 雞
Pingnan 雞
Haikou 雞
Pinghua Nanning 雞
Guilin 雞
Wu Shanghai 雞
Suzhou 雞
Hangzhou 雞
Wenzhou 雞
Chongming 雞
Danyang 雞
Jinhua 雞
Ningbo 雞
Xiang Changsha 雞
Loudi 雞
Quanzhou 雞

Compounds
Derived terms from 雞

Descendants

Japanese

Kanji
雞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. chicken (domesticated fowl)
  2. bird

Readings

Compounds
Compounds
  • 雞 (け)知 (ち) (Kechi)
  • 雞 (けい)人 (じん) (keijin)
  • 雞 (けい)林 (りん) (Keirin)
  • 家 (か)雞 (けい) (kakei)
  • 錦雞 (キンケイ) (kinkei)

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
雞
にわとり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

雞 (hiragana にわとり, katakana ニワトリ, rōmaji niwatori, historical hiragana にはとり, historical katakana ニハトリ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 鶏 (niwatori): a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
雞
とり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

雞 (hiragana とり, rōmaji tori)

  1. Alternative spelling of 鳥 (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat


Korean

Hanja

雞 • (gye) (hangeul 계, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雞 (kê)

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