家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
家禽
jiāqín
poultry; domestic fowl
Characters in this word
禽 qín
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 禸 — rump
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 疫情暴发后，当地迅速暂停家禽交易，以切断潜在的传播链。 Yìqíng bàofā hòu, dāngdì xùnsù zàntíng jiāqín jiāoyì, yǐ qiēduàn qiánzài de chuánbōliàn. After the outbreak, the local authorities quickly suspended poultry trading to cut off potential chains of transmission.
- 农场里养着鸡、鸭、鹅等各种家禽。 Nóngchǎng lǐ yǎng zhe jī, yā, é děng gèzhǒng jiāqín. The farm raises various poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese.
- 每天早晨，奶奶都先去院子里喂家禽。 Měi tiān zǎochen, nǎinai dōu xiān qù yuànzi lǐ wèi jiāqín. Every morning Grandma first goes into the yard to feed the poultry.