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鸡 jī — “chicken”
How to write and say the Chinese character 鸡 (jī), which means chicken — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Animals.
Pinyin · 拼音 jī
Meaning · 意思 chicken
Strokes · 笔画 7
Radical · 部首 鸟 (bird)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
鸡 is written with 7 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: another 又 kind of bird 鸟.
A common word常用词
小鸡
chick
Example sentence例句
公鸡早上喔喔叫。
The rooster crows in the morning.
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