Chicken in Chinese (Mandarin): 鸡 (jī)
鸡
jī
chicken
- Simplified
- 鸡
- Traditional
- 雞
- Pinyin
- jī
- Typed as
- ji
Use it in a sentence
鸡会下蛋。
雞會下蛋。
The chicken lays eggs.
The characters in 鸡
鸡 / 雞
Chicken. 鸟 (bird) is on the right.
7 strokes
First tone. A hen is 母鸡 (mǔjī), a rooster 公鸡 (gōngjī) and a chick 小鸡 (xiǎojī).
More examples with 鸡
公鸡早上叫。
公雞早上叫。
Gōngjī zǎoshang jiào.
The rooster crows in the morning.
小鸡是黄色的。
小雞是黃色的。
Xiǎojī shì huángsè de.
The chick is yellow.
How to write 鸡 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
鸡 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
雞 18 strokes
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