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鸡 is the simplified form of 雞. It combines the left component 又, a simplified phonetic marker, with the right semantic component 鸟, meaning "bird". In the traditional character, the right side was 隹 (a different character for "bird") and the left was the more complex phonetic 奚. The simplification replaced 隹 with 鸟 and 奚 with 又. The character denotes the chicken, a domestic fowl raised for meat and eggs. The meaning stays specific to this bird, though 鸡 appears in idioms for cowardice, triviality, or chaos. The stroke reduction made writing easier while keeping a bird element to clarify the biological class.
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鸡肉很好吃。
我喜欢吃鸡肉。
这只公鸡每天打鸣。
妈妈做的鸡汤特别鲜美。
农场里养了很多只鸡。
晚饭我们准备吃烤鸡。
他点了一份辣子鸡丁。
超市里的冷冻鸡腿正在打折促销。
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