
The Chinese characters 鸡 meaning is chicken.
The radical 鸟 stands for bird. The phonetic signifies an adult with hand on silk thread - a spinner. Previously, Women prisoners were condemned to spinning without getting any benefit, not unlike the chicken confined to the labor of laying eggs for its owner. A bird (鸟) in hand produces the simplified chicken: 鸡, a really handy bird.

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