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7 strokes18 strokes
Character #665 · The First 1000

jī

chicken

chicken; fowl

Strokes
718
TraditionalSimplified
雞 鸡
Poster cell
U24
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • jīdàn (chicken) egg
  • gōngjī cock
  • mǔjī hen
  • jītāng chicken stock
  • kǎojī roast chicken
  • jīròu chicken meat
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 鸡雞

Write 鸡雞 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, jī, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell U24 · 28 × 36 grid

鸡雞 is #665 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 鸡 mean in English?
鸡 (jī) means "chicken": chicken; fowl.
How do you pronounce 鸡?
鸡 is pronounced jī in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄐㄧ.
How many strokes does 鸡 have?
The simplified form, 鸡, has 7 strokes. The traditional form, 雞, has 18.
What is the traditional form of 鸡?
The traditional form of 鸡 is 雞. 鸡 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 雞 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 鸡?
Common words that use 鸡 include 鸡蛋 (jīdàn, (chicken) egg), 公鸡 (gōngjī, cock), 母鸡 (mǔjī, hen), 鸡汤 (jītāng, chicken stock).
How common is 鸡?
鸡 is number 665 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell U24 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.