Chinese symbol for “chicken”
鸡
jī
Traditional: 雞
fowl; chicken; 只 (zhī); (slang) prostitute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chicken is 鸡 (jī), defined as: fowl; chicken; 只 (zhī); (slang) prostitute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “chicken”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咯咯哒 (咯咯噠) | gē gē dā | (slang) chicken (playful term, from the sound a chicken makes); (slang) prostitute; hooker (via 鸡 (jī) "prostitute") |
| 缩头乌龟 (縮頭烏龜) | suō tóu wū guī | a turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡巴 (雞巴) | jī ba | dick; penis (vulgar) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 鸡肉 (雞肉) | jī ròu | chicken meat |
| 小鸡 (小雞) | xiǎo jī | chick |
| 鸡鸡 (雞雞) | jī jī | penis (childish) |
| 鸡汤 (雞湯) | jī tāng | chicken stock; chicken soup |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chicken”.
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.