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Translingual
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Han character
鷄 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 月大竹日火 (BKHAF), composition ⿰奚鳥)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1497, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47209
- Dae Jaweon: page 2027, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4651, character 17
- Unihan data for U+9DC4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 謑
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*qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
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| 膎
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*ɡreː
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| 鞵
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*ɡreː
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| 榽
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*ɡreː, *ɡeː
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| 鷄
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*keː
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| 雞
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*keː
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| 谿
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*kʰeː
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| 嵠
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*kʰeː
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| 溪
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*kʰeː
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| 磎
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*kʰeː
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| 螇
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*kʰeː, *ɡeː
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| 鸂
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*kʰeː
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| 奚
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*ɡeː
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| 豯
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*ɡeː
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| 徯
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*ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
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| 蹊
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*ɡeː
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| 騱
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*ɡeː
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| 傒
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*ɡeː
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| 鼷
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*ɡeː
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| 蒵
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*ɡeː, *ɡeːs
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| 貕
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*ɡeː
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| 慀
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*ɡeːs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keː) : phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 鷄 – see 雞 (“chicken; fowl; 10th of the Chinese zodiac animals; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 雞). |
Japanese
Kanji
鷄
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鶏)
- Kyūjitai form of 鶏: chicken, bird
Readings
Korean
Hanja
鷄 (eumhun 닭 계 (dak gye))
- Hanja form? of 계 (“chicken”).
Vietnamese
Han character
鷄: Hán Nôm readings: kê
- chicken
References
