Read Edit View history 雞 jī HSK2 chicken Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally was a pictograph of a chicken. Later changed to a phonosemantic compound of 奚 and 隹 (bird). Pinyin Separate values with commas jī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 鸡 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 雞 Simp strokes 雞 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 雞 Simp strokes 雞 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 雞 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 440, 792 ], [ 380, 802 ], [ 324, 763 ], [ 189, 706 ] ], [ [ 159, 646 ], [ 212, 606 ], [ 223, 584 ] ], [ [ 303, 696 ], [ 335, 673 ], [ 351, 652 ] ], [ [ 475, 726 ], [ 487, 697 ], [ 407, 627 ] ], [ [ 283, 618 ], [ 294, 596 ], [ 293, 578 ], [ 226, 502 ], [ 219, 476 ], [ 240, 469 ], [ 272, 470 ], [ 311, 474 ], [ 321, 482 ] ], [ [ 377, 552 ], [ 387, 520 ], [ 336, 463 ], [ 244, 380 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