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Chinese symbol for “chick”

小鸡
xiǎo jī
Traditional: 小雞
chick

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chick is 小鸡 (xiǎo jī), defined as: chick.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
鸡 jī
chicken
radical 196 ⿃ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “chick”

WordPinyinMeaning
雏 (雛)chú(bound form) chick; young bird
雏鸡 (雛雞)chú jīchick; newly hatched chicken
仔鸡 (仔雞)zǐ jīchick; baby chicken
马子 (馬子)mǎ zibandit; brigand; gambling chip

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小鸡.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
鸡巴 (雞巴)jī badick; penis (vulgar)
鸡蛋 (雞蛋)jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg

See also: Japanese symbol for “chick”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.