■ radical

jī

chicken

How it’s built

Simplified form of 雞. Originally was a pictograph of a chicken. Later changed to a phonosemantic compound of 奚 and 隹 (bird). The traditional 隹 (bird) component was replaced with 鸟, a different character for "bird".

又

simplified

(hand); again — Shorthand form of the 奚 component in the traditional character 雞.

鸟

meaning

bird

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Seal script

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