Meanings
Readings
Common Words
bird
Esp. ้ถ
bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken
chicken meat
chicken meat
้ณฅ่ only
fowl; poultry; bird meat
Food, cooking
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
Obsolete term
grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)
Mahjong
failing to win a single hand during a half-game
้้ณฅ only
male bird
Esp. ้้ถ
cock; rooster
hen's egg
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
ๅฐ้ณฅ only
locally raised chicken
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