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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gím-koe / gím-ke / kím-koe / kím-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnji
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-chi¹
    • Yale: jǐn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinji
    • Palladius: цзиньцзи (czinʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² gai¹
    • Yale: gám gāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-koe
    • Tâi-lô: gím-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gymkoef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-ke
    • Tâi-lô: gím-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gymkef
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kím-koe
    • Tâi-lô: kím-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kymkoef
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kím-ke
    • Tâi-lô: kím-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kymkef

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• Middle Chinese: kimX kej

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)	III	IV
Fanqie	居飲切	古奚切
Baxter	kimX	kej
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	gai1

Noun

錦雞

1. golden pheasant

Synonyms

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

Japanese

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

Noun

錦(きん)雞(けい) or 錦雞(キンケイ) • (kinkei) 

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