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鸡(F雞) [jī] chicken; 公鸡 rooster; 母鸡 hen; 鸡蛋 hen's egg; 鸡肉 chicken (meat); 宫保鸡丁 “Kung Pao” Chicken; cf. 雞/鷄

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►²jī 鸡[雞] {A} n. ①chicken ②〈environment:〉 slang prostitute M: ²zhī 只

The simple-form character 鸡 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of an old variant 鷄 (21 strokes) of the full-form character 雞 (18 strokes), replacing the full-form component 奚 (10 strokes) with simply 又 (2 strokes), and simplifying the old right-side part 鳥 (11 strokes) to 鸟 (5 strokes).
    Note: The simple-form component 又 replaces various different complex full-form components, as in 对/對, 观/觀, 难/難; cf. 又.
    The full-form character 雞 (18 strokes) is itself an old variant of 鷄 (21 strokes), with 隹 (zhuī) ‘short-tailed bird’ (8 strokes) instead of 鳥 (niǎo) ‘long-tailed bird’ (11 strokes).
    Note: 鳮 (13 strokes) is an old intermediary abbrev. form: 鸡 ← 鳮 ← 鷄.
    Note: In the simple form 鸡, the left side is abbrev. to a shape like 又 (yòu), not a traditional component of 鸡/雞; 又 also replaces 𦰩, cf. 难/難(𩁘), 汉/漢(𤁉).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 雞 jī ‘chicken/rooster’ combines 隹 zhuī ‘short-tailed bird’, and 奚 xī (phonosemantic); the farm animal/bird which knows what time it is, announcing the dawn; formerly wr. 鷄, and later 鳮/鸡.
    Compare: 奚 xī ‘(tethered) fat-bellied (piglet); what/how (what time is it?)’.
    Note: Hens might also crow, if there is no rooster in the flock.
    Compare: 鹦/鸚 yīng ‘(talking) parrot’ (the bird which knows how to speak simply, like a baby).
    Compare: 雞 jī ← MC /ki/; 雉(𨿘) zhì ‘pheasant’ ← MC /ɖieiʔ/ (SBGY).
►references: Karlgren:AD126; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:7.4615.3; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:065.0.10; EDOC:0
►components: 又鸟
►Cantonese: gai\
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Unicode: U+9E21
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-<WL>鸡(F雞) [jī] chicken (公鸡, 雄鸡 ‘rooster’; 鸡蛋 ‘hen's egg’; 鸡肉 ‘chicken (meat)’); 宫保鸡丁 “Kung Pao” Chicken@@; cf. 雞/鷄
+<WL>鸡(F雞) [jī] chicken; 公鸡 rooster; 母鸡 hen; 鸡蛋 hen's egg; 鸡肉 chicken (meat); 宫保鸡丁 “Kung Pao” Chicken@@; cf. 雞/鷄
-The full form 雞 is composed of 奚 xī phonetic and 隹 (zhuī) ‘bird’.
+The simple-form character 鸡 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of an old variant 鷄 (21 strokes) of the full-form character 雞 (18 strokes), replacing the full-form component 奚 (10 strokes) with simply 又 (2 strokes), and simplifying the old right-side part 鳥 (11 strokes) to 鸟 (5 strokes).
-	In the simple form 鸡, the left side is abbreviated to 又 (yòu), and the right side is 鸟(鳥 niǎo) ‘bird’.
+	Note: The simple-form component 又 replaces various different complex full-form components, as in 对/對, 观/觀, 难/難; cf. 又.
-	A variant form is 鷄.
+	The full-form character 雞 (18 strokes) is itself an old variant of 鷄 (21 strokes), with 隹 (zhuī) ‘short-tailed bird’ (8 strokes) instead of 鳥 (niǎo) ‘long-tailed bird’ (11 strokes).
+	Note: 鳮 (13 strokes) is an old intermediary abbrev. form: 鸡 ← 鳮 ← 鷄(􀧇).
+	Note: In the simple form 鸡, the left side is abbrev. to a shape like 又 (yòu), not a traditional component of 鸡/雞; 又 also replaces 𦰩, cf. 难/難(􀩌𩁘), 汉/漢(􁶼𤁉).
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 雞(􀧆) jī ‘chicken/rooster’ combines 隹(􀦸) zhuī ‘short-tailed bird’, and 奚(􁱛) xī (phonosemantic); the farm animal/bird which knows what time it is, announcing the dawn; formerly wr. 鷄(􀧇), and later 鳮/鸡.
+	Compare: 奚(􁱛) xī ‘(tethered) fat-bellied (piglet); what/how (what time is it?)’.
+	Note: Hens might also crow, if there is no rooster in the flock.
+	Compare: 鹦/鸚(􀪞) yīng ‘(talking) parrot’ (the bird which knows how to speak simply, like a baby).
+	Compare: 雞(􀧆) jī ← MC /ki/; 雉(􀧃􀧄𨿘) zhì ‘pheasant’ ← MC /ɖieiʔ/ (SBGY).
 #rK.AD126 D.7.4615.3 B.065.0.10 E.0
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