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7 strokes · radical 鸟 · HSK 2 · traditional 雞
18 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 鸡
A way to remember it
A bird, 鸟, beside 又. The traditional 雞 uses the other bird radical, 隹, and adds the rope the bird was tied by.
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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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chicken
jī — chicken
Radical 鸟 · 7 strokes · HSK 2 · traditional 雞
18 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 鸡
A way to remember itA bird, 鸟, beside 又. The traditional 雞 uses the other bird radical, 隹, and adds the rope the bird was tied by.