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Traditional | 雞 |
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Simplified | 鸡 |
Japanese | 鶏 |
Korean | 鷄 |
雞 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月大人土 (BKOG), four-corner 20414, composition ⿰奚隹)
trad. | 雞/鷄 | |
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simp. | 鸡 | |
alternative forms | 鳼/𪉃 鳮 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *keː) : phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː) + semantic 隹 (“short-tailed bird”).
Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Vietic *r-kaa (> Vietnamese gà), Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi.
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雞
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 |
𨿸 | |
雞 |
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𨿸)
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 term.) |
For the tori reading:
Kanji in this term |
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雞 |
とり Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
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(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
For the kake reading:
Kanji in this term |
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雞 |
かけ Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 雞 – see the following entry. | ||||||
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(This term, 雞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
雞: Nôm readings: gà
雞: Hán Nôm readings: kê