Memory phrase for the character: 鸡
鸡
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Meaning
chicken, fowl
Pronunciation
jī
Explanation
Left: Once again 又 (shows a hand), right: bird 鸟 (simplified from 鳥 with head 日, tail フ, and claws 灬)
Mnemonic
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(The chicken is domesticated but other birds would fly away when touched.) You have your hand at this bird: the chicken.
Radicals
又
again, hand Other radicals with a hand are: 攴寸廾爫手扌 彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
鳥
bird Also this 隹 is seen as a bird.
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鸡蛋
jī dàn
(chicken) egg; hen's egg
鸡蛋炒饭
jī dàn chǎo fàn
egg fried rice
西红柿炒鸡蛋
xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn
scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish)
鹤立鸡群
hè lì jī qún
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
鹤立鸡群
hè lì jī qún
鸡肋
jī lèi
chicken ribs; sth of little value or interest; sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up; to be physically weak
鸡皮疙瘩
jī pí gē da
goose pimples; goose bumps
酉鸡
yǒu jī
Year 10, year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
柠檬鸡
níng méng jī
lemon chicken
柠檬鸡
níng méng jī