鸡 jī chicken
怎么记住“鸡”: 又 again + 鸟 bird = chicken. The little boy stretches out his hand again to the bird in the petting zoo, and it pecks him, a very grumpy chicken.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 奚 + 鳥
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
鸡 = 又 again + 鸟 bird
- 又 again shape only
- 鸟 bird meaning
The little boy stretches out his hand again to the bird in the petting zoo, and it pecks him, a very grumpy chicken.
How it came to be
The bird gives the meaning; the short form put a simple stand-in where the old sound part was.
用法
- Chicken: 鸡蛋 (jīdàn) egg, 鸡肉 (jīròu) chicken meat; measure word 只 (zhī).
- 鹤立鸡群 (hèlìjīqún) 'a crane among chickens' = to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
含“鸡”的词语
例句
- 鸡蛋破了。 Jīdàn pò le.The egg is broken.