錦雞

錦雞

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	fowl; chicken
trad. (錦雞/錦鷄)		錦	雞/鷄
simp. (锦鸡)		锦	鸡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): gím-ke / gím-koe / kím-ke / kím-koe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jǐnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinji
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² gai¹
    • Yale: gám gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² gei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-ke / gím-koe / kím-ke / kím-koe
    • Tâi-lô: gím-ke / gím-kue / kím-ke / kím-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gymkef, gymkoef, kymkef, kymkoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/, /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/, /gim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/, /kim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/, /kim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/, /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /gim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/, /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /gim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/, /kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/, /kim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiɪm^X  kei/▼

Rime
Character	錦	雞
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	IV
Fanqie	居飲切	古奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪmX/	/kei/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚimX/	/kei/
Shao Rongfen	/kiemX/	/kɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjimX/	/kɛj/
Li Rong	/kjəmX/	/kei/
Wang Li	/kĭĕmX/	/kiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əmX/	/kiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐn	jī

Noun

錦雞

1. golden pheasant

Synonyms

• 鷩 (bì)
• 金雞／金鸡 (jīnjī)
• 鵔鸃 (jùnyí)
• 鳪雉 (bǔzhì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
錦	雞
きん Grade: S	けい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

錦雞 (hiragana きんけい, katakana キンケイ, rōmaji kinkei)

1. Alternative spelling of 錦鶏 (“golden pheasant”)