Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鸡


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Meaning chicken, fowl

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: Once again (shows a hand), right: bird 鸟 (simplified from with head , tail フ, and claws )

Mnemonic


 
(The chicken is domesticated but other birds would fly away when touched.) You have your hand at this bird: the chicken.

Radicals

again, handOther radicals with a hand are:
birdAlso this is seen as a bird.
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 Vocabulary

 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  


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