Chinese symbol for “hen”
母鸡
mǔ jī
Traditional: 母雞
hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hen is 母鸡 (mǔ jī), defined as: hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hen”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡婆 (雞婆) | jī pó | (dialect) hen; prostitute; (Tw) (adjective) interfering; nosy; (noun) busybody (from Taiwanese 家婆, Tai-lo pr. [ke-pô]) |
| 鸡母 (雞母) | jī mǔ | (dialect) hen |
| 草鸡 (草雞) | cǎo jī | free-range chicken; (dialect) hen |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 母鸡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 母亲 (母親) | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet); 个 (gè) |
| 航母 | háng mǔ | aircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母舰 (háng kōng mǔ jiàn)) |
| 圣母 (聖母) | shèng mǔ | goddess |
| 祖母 | zǔ mǔ | father's mother; paternal grandmother |
| 鸡巴 (雞巴) | jī ba | dick; penis (vulgar) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hen”.
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.