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U+96DE, 雞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96DE

[U+96DD]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+96DF]

Translingual

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Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 172, +10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月大人土 (BKOG), four-corner 20414, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1369, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42124
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1875, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4105, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+96DE

Chinese

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trad. /
simp.
alternative forms 𪉃
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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *keː) : phonetic (OC *ɡeː) + semantic (short-tailed bird).

Etymology

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Onomatopoeic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Vietic *r-kaa (> Vietnamese ), Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (chicken), Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • koe - vernacular;
    • ke - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kei/
Pan
Wuyun
/kei/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛj/
Li
Rong
/kei/
Wang
Li
/kiei/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kej ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁe/
English fowl, chicken

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13357
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*keː/

Definitions

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  1. chicken; fowl (Classifier: m c)
      ―  ròu  ―  chicken meat
      ―  dàn  ―  chicken egg
  2. 10th of the Chinese zodiac animals (rooster)
    哥哥爸爸 [MSC, trad.]
    哥哥爸爸 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ gēgē hé wǒ bàbà dōu shì shǔ de. [Pinyin]
    My elder brother and my father are both born in the Year of the Rooster.
  3. (slang) female prostitute
    Coordinate term: ()
    [Cantonese]  ―  zou6 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to be a prostitute
  4. (slang) penis
      ―    ―  cock
  5. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) whistle
    [Cantonese]  ―  ceoi1 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to blow a whistle
    [Cantonese]  ―  ngan4 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  silver whistle
  6. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Hokkien) trigger (of a gun)
    [Cantonese]  ―  maan1 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to pull the trigger
  7. (Cantonese) weak; useless
  8. (Cantonese, non-productive) Suffix for adjectives describing a weak or useless person.
    [Cantonese]  ―  joek6 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  weak; wimpy
    [Cantonese]  ―  tan4 gai1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  9. (Cantonese) to fire; to sack
  10. (Cantonese) Alternative form of

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Descendants

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See also

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References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended)

𨿸

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𨿸)

  1. chicken (domesticated fowl)
  2. bird

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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For the niwatori reading:

Kanji in this term
にわとり
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
にわとりS
[noun] a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Alternative spelling
ニワトリ
かけS
[noun] a chicken (domesticated fowl)
とりS
[noun] Alternative spelling of (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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For the tori reading:

Kanji in this term
とり
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
にわとりS
[noun] a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Alternative spelling
ニワトリ
かけS
[noun] a chicken (domesticated fowl)
とりS
[noun] Alternative spelling of (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

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For the kake reading:

Kanji in this term
かけ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
にわとりS
[noun] a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
Alternative spelling
ニワトリ
かけS
[noun] a chicken (domesticated fowl)
とりS
[noun] Alternative spelling of (tori): a chicken (domesticated fowl); chicken meat
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun (dak gye))

  1. hanja form? of (chicken)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Nôm readings: [1]
: Hán Nôm readings: [2][3][4][5][6]

  1. chicken

References

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