雞
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jī · chicken

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Shape and proportion

18Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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隹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 雞

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Example sentences

Notice where 雞 sits in each complete thought.

Tā de dà xiǎo jiù xiàng jī dàn.它的大小就像雞蛋。

It's about the size of an egg.

Source: Tatoeba #797089 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yào sān bàng de jī ròu.我要三磅的雞肉。

I'd like three pounds of chicken.

Source: Tatoeba #859717 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ jué dé wǒ gāng chī de jī dàn huài le.我覺得我剛吃的雞蛋壞了。

I think the eggs that I just ate were rotten.

Source: Tatoeba #1692308 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jī ròu shì shēng de.雞肉是生的。

The chicken is raw.

Source: Tatoeba #4104891 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mǎ má, wǒ de jī jī yìng dào bùxíng.馬麻,我的雞雞硬到不行。

Mummy, my willy's all hard.

Source: Tatoeba #13533679 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè bú shì jī máo suàn pí de shì.這不是雞毛蒜皮的事。

This isn't a trivial matter.

Source: Tatoeba #5611646 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 雞 in context

  1. Say jī, then recall the core meaning: chicken.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 雞 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.