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雞
雞 ＝ 隹 ＋ 奚
ㄐㄧ · jī
noun — chicken
字源 FORM — what the parts do
隹義a short-tailed bird
奚聲xī — gives the sounda hand, a cord, a person — a captive led on a rope
{j,q,x}Ixī → jī — a step inside {j,q,x}
A bird (隹) with 奚 for sound, x stepped to j. 說文 calls it the animal that knows the hour — the dawn crier. 公雞、母雞、雞蛋.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天還沒亮，那隻鳥（隹）已經在院子裡叫了第一聲。
Sky still dark; the bird (隹) in the yard has already called once.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)雞— the chicken — the hour-keeper常用
→公雞、母雞— rooster, hen
→雞蛋— the egg常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension